Join the Australian Friends of Palestine Association (AFOPA) outside Senator Penny Wong’s Office on Palestinian Prisoners Day.

We will be demanding that the Australian government: - Publicly acknowledge Israel’s human rights violations and insist that Israel cease all torture and ill treatment of Palestinian prisoners. - Demand immediate protections for Palestinians in Israeli prisons including repealing the apartheid death penalty laws which apply exclusively to Palestinians. - Trigger accountability measures under the Geneva Convention, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention against Torture and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. - Sanction Israel for its crimes against humanity and systemic use of torture

When: 12-1pm, Friday 17 April Where: 19 Gouger Street, Adelaide (Outside Senator Penny Wong’s Office)

Join the Nationwide Rally!

Join AFOPA on Sunday 19th of April for a nationwide Rally to mark Palestinian Prisoners Day.

When: 2pm, Sunday 19 April Where: Parliament House Steps, North Terrace, Adelaide

Note SAlt will be present

Critically examine why certain phrases become popular, who they benefits, and what happens when campaigns stop at reform over transformation

An abolitionist, creative workshop designed to unsettle the “common sense” slogans that dominate reform campaigns, charity branding, political messaging, and NGO advocacy.

By RAD Faction

Crim Con 2026, 26 - 27 June - Not just a conference but a space to hear from criminalised and formerly incarcerated people. Crim Con 2026! 26-27 June

Why Prison Reform Doesn’t Work.

Join us for this conference by criminalised and formerly incarcerated people.

Art / music / poetry exhibition - We Are More Than What They Did To Us - Fri 26th June 6-9pm.

The opening night of Crim Con is a community-led cultural gathering that centres the voices, stories and creative expression of community members through art, music, poetry and shared space we create a room grounded in lived experience, one that refuses silence, challenges stigma, and honours the complexity of our lives.

Before panels and before analysis, we begin with people, including:

Music by Nancy Bates (award-winning Barkindji singer-songwriter, musician, and social activist)
Silent Rhymes (South Australian hip hop artist)
Poetry by Matcho Cassidy, Fig Henry Kershaw and others.

Non-alcoholic drinks provided on Friday.

Panels / speakers / workshops - Sat 27th June 11am-6pm.

Presentations by Debbie Kilroy (Sisters Inside), Tabitha Lean (Sisters Inside), Samantha Burns (National Network of Incarcerated & Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls), Brett Collins (Justice Action), Dan Vansetten (Level Up), Daniel Chung (DC Boxing & Performance), Sam Narroway (Second Chances), and more.
Workshops include song-writing with Nancy Bates, zine making, interactive art sessions, and an introduction to using Freedom of Information.

Light lunch and non-alcoholic drinks provided on Saturday.

More program details coming soon.

End Strip Searching of Children All children must be treated with dignity. Children should never be strip searched.

But right now, across the country, children are still regularly subjected to violent and degrading strip searches by police and prison authorities. For children who have already experienced violence, sexual abuse or trauma, this invasive practice can be profoundly retraumatising.

That’s why Lidia Thorpe has introduced a Bill to Parliament to outlaw it.

The Crimes Amendment (Prohibiting the Strip Searching of Children) Bill 2026 would ban strip searches of anyone under 18 under any circumstances.

Children must be protected from trauma and abuse, including when they are in custody.

Make a submission to the inquiry about this Bill https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/StripSearching2026

The Senate is holding an inquiry into this Bill, and your voice can help make the case for change.

Anyone can make a submission. You can share your experiences, concerns or reasons for supporting the Bill, and this will inform the report that will be delivered to the Albanese government.

This inquiry is an opportunity for truth-telling. Your story is valuable in ensuring the truth is heard.

It is also possible to make a confidential or anonymous submission.

Submissions close: 14 September 2026

End shackling during childbirth - Childbirth is sacred. But right now, across the country, people in custody can still be shackled while giving birth.

Childbirth is one of the hardest things a person can experience. Shackling people during childbirth is medically dangerous, traumatising, degrading and unnecessary.

Lidia Thorpe has introduced a Bill to Parliament to outlaw this abusive practice and create better standards for how people in custody are treated.

Make a submission to the inquiry about this Bill. https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/Shackling_2026

The Senate is holding an inquiry into this Bill, and your voice can help make the case for change.

Anyone can make a submission. You can share your experiences, concerns or reasons for supporting the Bill, and this will inform the report that will be delivered to the Albanese government.

This inquiry is an opportunity for truth-telling. Your story is valuable in ensuring the truth is heard.

It is also possible to make a confidential or anonymous submission.

Submissions close: 14 September