National Justice Project
@njpjustice.bsky.social
Australian human rights law firm and social justice not-for-profit.
We fight for people harmed by racism, discrimination and institutional inaction. We use strategic legal action, education and advocacy to create a fair society. We're at justice.org.au
We fight for people harmed by racism, discrimination and institutional inaction. We use strategic legal action, education and advocacy to create a fair society. We're at justice.org.au
Kids deserve futures, not life sentences.
We stand against the new reforms which could see children as young as 14-years-old locked up for life.
We endorse the Smart Justice 4 Young People’s Open letter to the Premier. https://youthlaw.asn.au/open-letter-to-the-premier/
We stand against the new reforms which could see children as young as 14-years-old locked up for life.
We endorse the Smart Justice 4 Young People’s Open letter to the Premier. https://youthlaw.asn.au/open-letter-to-the-premier/
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Kids deserve futures, not life sentences.
We stand against the new reforms which could see children as young as 14-years-old locked up for life.
We endorse the Smart Justice 4 Young People’s Open letter to the Premier. https://youthlaw.asn.au/open-letter-to-the-premier/
We stand against the new reforms which could see children as young as 14-years-old locked up for life.
We endorse the Smart Justice 4 Young People’s Open letter to the Premier. https://youthlaw.asn.au/open-letter-to-the-premier/
No child, anywhere, should have their rights violated and suffer mistreatment.
Children deserve care, not criminalisation by brutal systems designed for adults.
Join us in demanding change now.
Donate today: justice.org.au/10years
Children deserve care, not criminalisation by brutal systems designed for adults.
Join us in demanding change now.
Donate today: justice.org.au/10years
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
No child, anywhere, should have their rights violated and suffer mistreatment.
Children deserve care, not criminalisation by brutal systems designed for adults.
Join us in demanding change now.
Donate today: justice.org.au/10years
Children deserve care, not criminalisation by brutal systems designed for adults.
Join us in demanding change now.
Donate today: justice.org.au/10years
Seeking safety is a human right.
Everyone has the right to seek asylum. No one should ever suffer for seeking safety.
Donate today: justice.org.au/10years
Everyone has the right to seek asylum. No one should ever suffer for seeking safety.
Donate today: justice.org.au/10years
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Seeking safety is a human right.
Everyone has the right to seek asylum. No one should ever suffer for seeking safety.
Donate today: justice.org.au/10years
Everyone has the right to seek asylum. No one should ever suffer for seeking safety.
Donate today: justice.org.au/10years
Too many people are still denied quality care because of racism, disability, visa status, or where they were born.
Together, we can fight for a health system that’s safe, fair, and inclusive for all.
Donate now: justice.org.au/10years
Together, we can fight for a health system that’s safe, fair, and inclusive for all.
Donate now: justice.org.au/10years
December 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Too many people are still denied quality care because of racism, disability, visa status, or where they were born.
Together, we can fight for a health system that’s safe, fair, and inclusive for all.
Donate now: justice.org.au/10years
Together, we can fight for a health system that’s safe, fair, and inclusive for all.
Donate now: justice.org.au/10years
Content Warning for First Nations People
With your support, we’ve helped Leetona take her son’s case to the UN demanding the Australian Government be held to account for its failure to protect Aboriginal lives in custody.
Donate today: justice.org.au/10years
Photo: Tim Bauer
With your support, we’ve helped Leetona take her son’s case to the UN demanding the Australian Government be held to account for its failure to protect Aboriginal lives in custody.
Donate today: justice.org.au/10years
Photo: Tim Bauer
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Content Warning for First Nations People
With your support, we’ve helped Leetona take her son’s case to the UN demanding the Australian Government be held to account for its failure to protect Aboriginal lives in custody.
Donate today: justice.org.au/10years
Photo: Tim Bauer
With your support, we’ve helped Leetona take her son’s case to the UN demanding the Australian Government be held to account for its failure to protect Aboriginal lives in custody.
Donate today: justice.org.au/10years
Photo: Tim Bauer
Across Australia, First Nations people continue to die in custody and face preventable harm. These are human rights violations.
Your support helps us continue our work against this system.
Donate today: justice.org.au/10years
Your support helps us continue our work against this system.
Donate today: justice.org.au/10years
December 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Across Australia, First Nations people continue to die in custody and face preventable harm. These are human rights violations.
Your support helps us continue our work against this system.
Donate today: justice.org.au/10years
Your support helps us continue our work against this system.
Donate today: justice.org.au/10years
Today marks the start of our 10 Days of Human Rights - and 10 years of the National Justice Project!
We challenge discrimination and push for systemic change.
But we can’t do it without you.
Donate today and help us fight for justice.
justice.org.au/10years
We challenge discrimination and push for systemic change.
But we can’t do it without you.
Donate today and help us fight for justice.
justice.org.au/10years
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today marks the start of our 10 Days of Human Rights - and 10 years of the National Justice Project!
We challenge discrimination and push for systemic change.
But we can’t do it without you.
Donate today and help us fight for justice.
justice.org.au/10years
We challenge discrimination and push for systemic change.
But we can’t do it without you.
Donate today and help us fight for justice.
justice.org.au/10years
Locking children up does not make our communities safer - it compounds trauma and increases the likelihood of reoffending later in life.
Read the full report here: dcj.nsw.gov.au/documents/le...
Read the full report here: dcj.nsw.gov.au/documents/le...
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Locking children up does not make our communities safer - it compounds trauma and increases the likelihood of reoffending later in life.
Read the full report here: dcj.nsw.gov.au/documents/le...
Read the full report here: dcj.nsw.gov.au/documents/le...
The inquest into the death of Gomeroi teenager Mark Anthony Haines has resumed, 37 years after he was found on train tracks outside Tamworth. His family continues their long fight for answers and justice amid concerns of systemic police failings.
October 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The inquest into the death of Gomeroi teenager Mark Anthony Haines has resumed, 37 years after he was found on train tracks outside Tamworth. His family continues their long fight for answers and justice amid concerns of systemic police failings.
Today: Northern Territory Police have handed a brief of evidence to the Director of Public Prosecutions regarding Kumanjayi White’s death in May.
Family of Kumanjayi White Demands Justice as Brief of Evidence Sent to Prosecutor | National Justice Project
National Justice Project takes strategic legal action to create a fair and equitable society that is free from discrimination.
www.justice.org.au
September 22, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Today: Northern Territory Police have handed a brief of evidence to the Director of Public Prosecutions regarding Kumanjayi White’s death in May.
We welcome new NSW law closing a loophole in the Crimes Act, ensuring those who commit sexual violence when time of death is uncertain can now be prosecuted.
The courage of Mona and Cindy’s families and their demand for accountability, has led to this important law reform.
justice.org.au/news
The courage of Mona and Cindy’s families and their demand for accountability, has led to this important law reform.
justice.org.au/news
September 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We welcome new NSW law closing a loophole in the Crimes Act, ensuring those who commit sexual violence when time of death is uncertain can now be prosecuted.
The courage of Mona and Cindy’s families and their demand for accountability, has led to this important law reform.
justice.org.au/news
The courage of Mona and Cindy’s families and their demand for accountability, has led to this important law reform.
justice.org.au/news
You can’t handle the truth!
If the NT wants to silence coroners from exposing systemic racism, then the Federal Government must step in - a guest post by George Newhouse CEO of the National Justice Project.
The rest is at the Northern Myth here: www.thenorthernmyth.com/2025/08/04/y...
If the NT wants to silence coroners from exposing systemic racism, then the Federal Government must step in - a guest post by George Newhouse CEO of the National Justice Project.
The rest is at the Northern Myth here: www.thenorthernmyth.com/2025/08/04/y...
You can’t handle the truth! - The Northern Myth
The NT Government’s plan could limit the examination of future deaths, allowing systemic issues to go unchallenged.
www.thenorthernmyth.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
You can’t handle the truth!
If the NT wants to silence coroners from exposing systemic racism, then the Federal Government must step in - a guest post by George Newhouse CEO of the National Justice Project.
The rest is at the Northern Myth here: www.thenorthernmyth.com/2025/08/04/y...
If the NT wants to silence coroners from exposing systemic racism, then the Federal Government must step in - a guest post by George Newhouse CEO of the National Justice Project.
The rest is at the Northern Myth here: www.thenorthernmyth.com/2025/08/04/y...
This year’s theme, Little Footsteps, Big Future, honours the journeys children take as they grow, and we recognise the urgent need to create systems where every First Nations child can grow up safe, loved and connected to family, culture and Country.
#NATSICD
#NATSICD
August 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This year’s theme, Little Footsteps, Big Future, honours the journeys children take as they grow, and we recognise the urgent need to create systems where every First Nations child can grow up safe, loved and connected to family, culture and Country.
#NATSICD
#NATSICD
We have supported a family to lodge a formal discrimination complaint about the distressing treatment they experienced whilst voting. We know they are not alone.
We encourage anyone who experienced or witnessed racism towards First Nations people to make a report at callitout.com.au.
We encourage anyone who experienced or witnessed racism towards First Nations people to make a report at callitout.com.au.
July 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
We have supported a family to lodge a formal discrimination complaint about the distressing treatment they experienced whilst voting. We know they are not alone.
We encourage anyone who experienced or witnessed racism towards First Nations people to make a report at callitout.com.au.
We encourage anyone who experienced or witnessed racism towards First Nations people to make a report at callitout.com.au.
Australia's human rights are sliding backwards, according to a new report submitted to the United Nations today from more than 150 organisations.
Read the report that the National Justice Project has endorsed here: www.hrlc.org.au/reports/upr-...
Read the report that the National Justice Project has endorsed here: www.hrlc.org.au/reports/upr-...
Australia’s human rights record under scrutiny - Human Rights Law Centre
www.hrlc.org.au
July 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Australia's human rights are sliding backwards, according to a new report submitted to the United Nations today from more than 150 organisations.
Read the report that the National Justice Project has endorsed here: www.hrlc.org.au/reports/upr-...
Read the report that the National Justice Project has endorsed here: www.hrlc.org.au/reports/upr-...
Drawing from the National Indigenous Youth Education Coalition’s School Exclusion Project Research Report, the AFR Team and NYIEC have co-authored a think piece on the school-to-prison-pipeline that exists here in Australia. #endschoolexclusion
The school-to-prison-pipeline - Alternative First Responders
When we place police in schools, what message are we teaching? Everyone has the right to a culturally safe and responsive education. The school system in Australia is boasted as ...
alternativefirstresponders.com.au
July 17, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Drawing from the National Indigenous Youth Education Coalition’s School Exclusion Project Research Report, the AFR Team and NYIEC have co-authored a think piece on the school-to-prison-pipeline that exists here in Australia. #endschoolexclusion
We have represented families who have lost loved ones—we are outraged that recommendations from coronial inquests urging the removal of these ligature points continue to be overlooked, year after year. Read more information on this investigation at theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
We have represented families who have lost loved ones—we are outraged that recommendations from coronial inquests urging the removal of these ligature points continue to be overlooked, year after year. Read more information on this investigation at theguardian.com
Our Alternative First Responders team has released a formal statement in response to the Northern Territory Government’s plan to implement law reform that would create a new police stream specifically targeting public places and people’s homes - all in the name of 'community safety'.
Alternatives not quasi-policing - Alternative First Responders
The Alternative First Responders campaign is deeply concerned about the Northern Territory Government’s plan to implement law reform that would create a new police stream specifically targeting public...
alternativefirstresponders.com.au
July 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Our Alternative First Responders team has released a formal statement in response to the Northern Territory Government’s plan to implement law reform that would create a new police stream specifically targeting public places and people’s homes - all in the name of 'community safety'.
Our team is celebrating NAIDOC Week across many lands.
We'd love to know where you are celebrating this week.
❤️💛🖤
#NAIDOC2025
We'd love to know where you are celebrating this week.
❤️💛🖤
#NAIDOC2025
July 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Our team is celebrating NAIDOC Week across many lands.
We'd love to know where you are celebrating this week.
❤️💛🖤
#NAIDOC2025
We'd love to know where you are celebrating this week.
❤️💛🖤
#NAIDOC2025
Content warning for First Nations readers.
Our thoughts are with the community of Yuendumu today and the family of Kumanjayi Walker. We hope the long-awaited findings of the coronial inquest into his death at the hands of police will bring them closer to truth, accountability and justice.
Our thoughts are with the community of Yuendumu today and the family of Kumanjayi Walker. We hope the long-awaited findings of the coronial inquest into his death at the hands of police will bring them closer to truth, accountability and justice.
July 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Content warning for First Nations readers.
Our thoughts are with the community of Yuendumu today and the family of Kumanjayi Walker. We hope the long-awaited findings of the coronial inquest into his death at the hands of police will bring them closer to truth, accountability and justice.
Our thoughts are with the community of Yuendumu today and the family of Kumanjayi Walker. We hope the long-awaited findings of the coronial inquest into his death at the hands of police will bring them closer to truth, accountability and justice.
Happy NAIDOC Week!
We are proud to celebrate the 50th year of this national week to honour Indigenous voices and culture.
#NAIDOC2025
We are proud to celebrate the 50th year of this national week to honour Indigenous voices and culture.
#NAIDOC2025
July 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Happy NAIDOC Week!
We are proud to celebrate the 50th year of this national week to honour Indigenous voices and culture.
#NAIDOC2025
We are proud to celebrate the 50th year of this national week to honour Indigenous voices and culture.
#NAIDOC2025
We are proud so many Australians continue to stand up for their right to protest. ‘In Defence of Dissent’ maps the repression of protest rights in Australia over the past 5yrs & how communities can work together to #ProtectProtest
australiandemocracy.org.au/indefenceofd...
australiandemocracy.org.au/indefenceofd...
July 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
We are proud so many Australians continue to stand up for their right to protest. ‘In Defence of Dissent’ maps the repression of protest rights in Australia over the past 5yrs & how communities can work together to #ProtectProtest
australiandemocracy.org.au/indefenceofd...
australiandemocracy.org.au/indefenceofd...
An Aboriginal family has filed a Federal Court claim against the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) following traumatic events at a polling booth during the 14 October 2023 Voice Referendum that highlight serious failures in cultural safety. Read more at www.justice.org.au/racial-discr...
July 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
An Aboriginal family has filed a Federal Court claim against the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) following traumatic events at a polling booth during the 14 October 2023 Voice Referendum that highlight serious failures in cultural safety. Read more at www.justice.org.au/racial-discr...
Great to see our AI-powered complaints platform Hear Me Out featured in the latest issue of Australian Pro Bono Centre Voco. Read more at www.probonocentre.org.au/voco-13-nati...
June 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Great to see our AI-powered complaints platform Hear Me Out featured in the latest issue of Australian Pro Bono Centre Voco. Read more at www.probonocentre.org.au/voco-13-nati...
It's June 30! Your last day to support our health justice campaign with a tax deductible donation. Please consider making a donation to the National Justice Project and help our fight for fair healthcare. Donate to dismantle discrimination at act.justice.org.au/fairhealthcare
June 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It's June 30! Your last day to support our health justice campaign with a tax deductible donation. Please consider making a donation to the National Justice Project and help our fight for fair healthcare. Donate to dismantle discrimination at act.justice.org.au/fairhealthcare