Sarah Collard

5 days ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Collard

The grandfather of a 24-year-old man who died in custody last month is pleading with the prime minister to “step in” amid what he calls a “justice crisis” in the Northern Territory. Kumanjayi White, a Warlpiri man with disabilities died after being restrained by police at an Alice Springs supermarket last month. His death sparked multiple rallies and vigils both in the Northern Territory and in cities and towns nationally, including at the weekend.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Collard

Melanie Briggs is gazing out at a grassy field, swatting away mosquitoes as we walk through the brush and scrub on a sunny autumn afternoon on the New South Wales south coast. We come to a stop amid the knee-length grasses where the tall eucalyptus trees reach up to the blue sky. Here she unfurls her vision for women giving birth on country. “I can see the first birth here,” she says. “It will happen at night.”The birth will take place at a new, culturally safe holistic maternity care centre.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Collard

At the end of 2024, Rachel* was days away from giving birth. Her feet were dangerously swollen and she was sleeping rough outside an Aboriginal support service in the city. Her reluctance to seek antenatal care meant the usual routine of scurrying between midwives and doctors appointments for ultrasounds, blood tests and screenings was absent. Pregnant with her second child, she was terrified to seek help from a hospital, fearing her unborn baby would be taken away from her.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Collard

Travis Lovett began his 486km journey with a single step and a long-held hope to bring the people of Victoria with him on a journey through the state’s colonial past. It’s a traumatic past that Lovett has been peering into for the past three years through his work as a commissioner and co-chair on the Yoorrook Justice Commission, the county’s first formal, Indigenous-led truth-telling process.

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Sarah Collard

Walk for truth: hundreds of people join 486km trek from Portland to Melbourne for reconciliation‘Truth telling has never been more important than it is right now,’ says Travis Lovett. ‘Truth telling has never been more important than it is right now,’ says Travis Lovett. Photograph: Yoorrook/AAP Image/Supplied by YoorrookTravis Lovett began his 486km journey with a single step and a long-held hope to bring the people of Victoria with him on a journey through the state’s colonial past.