Law Council of Australia Media Release - Time to revisit ALRC report to close the justice gap

02/11/2020

A panel of Indigenous leaders has called for governments to listen to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and have ‘challenging discussions’ if there is ever going to be a drop in their alarming incarceration rates.

The President of the Law Council of Australia Ms Pauline Wright, said the fact that Indigenous Australians are the most incarcerated people on earth is a national tragedy, deserving urgent attention.

“The Australian Law Reform Commission’s Pathways to Justice final report was tabled in March 2018, and since then there has been only sporadic government engagement with many of its specific recommendations. More than two years later it is time to revisit the report, which provides a comprehensive framework for governments to meet the new Closing the Gap refresh justice targets,” Ms Wright said.

The Law Council media release is available here.