Australia continues to face a profound justice crisis affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Despite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples representing approximately 3% of the Australian population, they account for more than one-third of the adult prison population nationally. A recent submission provided to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW paints a confronting picture of systemic...

Across Australia, one of the most contested and misunderstood issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today is the process of proving something that, in truth, should never need to be proven—identity. The requirement to obtain an “Aboriginality Certificate” or formal confirmation of identity has become embedded across government, employment, and institutional frameworks. While intended to provide administrative certainty, the system itself has evolved into something far...

If you’ve ever tried to “find the list of all Aboriginal tribes in NSW,” you’ve probably noticed a problem straight away: there isn’t one definitive, universally-agreed list . That’s not because Aboriginal identity is unclear—quite the opposite. It’s because New South Wales contains many layers of Aboriginal belonging (Nations, language groups, dialects, clans/family groups), and Country boundaries don’t function like modern cadastral lines . They can overlap, shift seasonally, and...