Content Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following includes the names of First Nations people who have passed away.
This year, we’re celebrating 10 years of the National Justice Project. For a decade, justice has been at the heart of everything we do.
Through their courage and lived experience, the people at the centre of our work have shown how First Nations people, refugees, and asylum seekers are too often denied the care and dignity that everyone deserves. Their stories demand action, and in our 10th year, we’re more determined than ever to fight for systemic change.
One way we’re doing this is through the Call It Out First Nations Racism Register. Developed with Jumbunna Research, it provides a safe space for First Nations people to share their experiences of racism, hold perpetrators to account, and empower bystanders to act. Next week, you’re invited to the launch of the Call It Out 2024–25 Annual Report, featuring fearless, heartbreaking and motivating stories of racism, along with practical insights into how we can all take action.
We’re also excited to announce the expansion of our AI-powered complaints platform, Hear Me Out, now available in Victoria and NSW. This free, secure tool helps people take the next step toward justice, guiding them on where and how to make a complaint, and helping draft and lodge it safely.
By breaking down barriers to justice, we’re helping more people to be heard and drive real accountability.
As we mark our 10th year, keep an eye out for our Human Rights Day campaign this December - a powerful call to action to help us continue holding systems of power to account.
LAUNCHING | Hear Me Out in Victoria
We’re proud to launch Hear Me Out in Victoria, complete with a brand-new Complaint Writing Tool. The AI-powered complaints tool now helps users navigate the 100+ Federal, NSW and Vic complaint bodies - providing plain-language guidance, drafting complaints and cutting through confusion.
REPORTING | National Justice Project leads global discussion on AI and justice at the UN
Our CEO George Newhouse and Principal Solicitor Ashleigh Buckett attended a United Nations Strategic Litigation conference in Bangkok. Here, George showcased a groundbreaking AI platform, the Justice Matrix, which is set to transform access to justice and help close the global justice gap.
REPORTING | It’s time to put care at the centre of crisis response
Lorena Allam, from the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at UTS, highlighted the devastating consequences of police-led responses and the urgent need for alternative first responder programs that prioritise care over force.
LAUNCHING | Call It Out report
The Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research and the National Justice Project will launch the latest Call It Out Annual Report 2024-25. Call It Out provides a safe space for First Nations people to share their experiences and allows bystanders to take action. Join us on 27 November to hear the fearless and motivating accounts of racism.
GATHERING | Join us at the National Justice Forum 2025 and get 20% off
The National Justice Project supports the National Justice Forum 2025 on 2-5 December 2025 in Brisbane. Join 200+ sector leaders and join the National Justice Project’s Ariane Dozer, Head of Projects and Innovation for a discussion on Alternative First Responders. Use code NJP20 to receive 20% off tickets.
- Where: Stamford Plaza Brisbane/Meanjin
- Cost: Varies
- Bookings: online via National Justice Forum
PUBLISHING | New blog: Building an ecosystem of care
Despite the clear need for compassionate responses to mental health distress, our current system relies heavily on police as first responders. During our recent Alternative First Responders Symposium, we spoke with fierce advocate Judy Deacon and CEO of BEING Giancarlo De Vera, about the work happening to push for alternatives focused on care.
HIGHLIGHTING | In the Media
The National Justice Project advocates for our clients in the courts as well as in the news media, especially around issues on human rights, discrimination and justice reform.
Here are some highlights from the past month:
- In their darkest moments, too many Australians are being met with lethal force instead of love and care via the Guardian, Tuesday 4 November 2025
- Weapons of Slow Destruction: A new lens on offshore detention via UTS, Saturday 8 November 2025
- High Court immigration test case could result in payouts of millions via Australian Financial Review, Monday 10 November 2025
- As Australia welcomes its millionth refugee, its hardline border policies endure. We can lead by example again via The Conversation, Tuesday 11 November 2025
- AI Insider: navigating justice pathways via Inside UNSW, Tuesday 28 October 2025
- AI Justice Tool Launches In Victoria, Helping People Write And Lodge Complaints via Tech Business News, Wednesday 29 October 2025
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We acknowledge that we live and work on the lands of First Nations Peoples, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present. Our Sydney office is located on the lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation, whose sovereignty was never ceded. This land always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.