Resource Category: First Nations People

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families in Australian Coroners Courts (2021)

This report provides a sound base for reviewing culturally sensitive practices within the coronial system.  It does this by describing variations in service provision across Australian jurisdictions to characterise current practices, and by analysing key literature to guide discussion and further services development.

Using court data to support planning legal assistance for First Nations people (2021)

This paper explores the feasibility of expanding the use of criminal courts data as a proxy indicator to estimate potential demand for legal assistance in criminal courts serttings to a national level. (Data Insights in Justice, Paper 4)

Locating legal assistance demand: Using courts data to support legal service planning for First Nations people in NSW (2021)

This paper is an analysis of criminal finalisations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander defendants by court locations in NSW from 2012 to 2016 as a proxy indicator to estimate potential demand for legal assistance in criminal court settings. (Data Insights in Justice, Paper 3)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services National Picture 2018–19 (2020)

This report provides a comprehensive national snapshot of the valuable services provided by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILSs) both national and state/territory levels for the 2018-19 financial year.

Ethical conduct in research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and communities: Guidelines for researchers and stakeholders (2018)

EXTERNAL - National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) revised guidelines provide relevant advice about ethical conduct in research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Indigenous people and legal problem resolution (2018)

This paper uses Legal Australia-Wide Survey data to examine the experience of Indigenous Australians in relation to the resolution of legal problems in comparison with non-Indigenous people. See also a one page infographic summary.  (Updating Justice 55)

Indigenous people, multiple disadvantage and response to legal problems (2015)

This Legal Australia-Wide Survey report examines repsonse to legal problems and barriers to obtaining advice by Indigenous status and level of disadvantage. (Updating Justice 48)

Legal needs of Indigenous people in Australia (2013)

This short report summarises findings from the Legal Australia-Wide Survey which examine the legal need, prevalence of problems, and response to legal problems of Indigenous Australians.  (Updating Justice 25)

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