Indigenous justice
What the George Floyd verdict means for Australia
Local activists, academics and political leaders discuss what the murder conviction for US police officer Derek Chauvin means for race relations in Australia.
- by Jackson Graham
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Aboriginality should be a factor in granting bail, inquiry recommends
A NSW parliamentary committee has called for all deaths in custody to be investigated by the state’s independent police watchdog as part of a suite of suggested reforms.
- by Georgina Mitchell and Michaela Whitbourn
Opinion
Deaths in custody
Jailing is still failing 30 years later: why this former Aboriginal affairs minister is furious
It is three decades since I tabled the report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. It was an indictment then - and it remains a national disgrace today. We’ve made no advance on its key recommendation.
- by Robert Tickner
Three decades on, officials still under fire over Aboriginal deaths in custody
The head of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service says the state has gone backwards since the royal commission into deaths in custody.
- by Tammy Mills
Opinion
Deaths in custody
Aboriginal lives ought to matter not only when we die, but while we are alive
Thirty years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Australia has unfinished business.
- by Teela Reid
Opinion
Deaths in custody
Thirty years on, our people still die in custody. This is why
The recommendations of a royal commission have been systematically ignored. What is stopping governments implementing those reforms now?
- by Karly Warner
Labor’s $170 million plan to reduce Indigenous deaths in custody
Labor is planning to spend millions of dollars on justice reinvestment, to be matched by the states, in a bid to reduce the number of Indigenous people in jail.
- by Katina Curtis
Opinion
Deaths in custody
Read the State Coroner’s full statement on Indigenous deaths in custody
Self-determination for First Nations people is still lacking in this country. This unfinished business cannot be separated from anything else that is done to try to prevent the deaths of First Nations people in custody.
- by Teresa O'Sullivan
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Deaths in custody
‘Unfinished business’: top coroner’s call to action on Indigenous deaths in custody
NSW State Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan said First Nations people continued to be over-represented in “every category of death dealt with by the Coroner’s Court”.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
What was the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody?
This week marks 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody delivered its findings. What did it recommend? How many of those changes have been implemented? And what is the situation now?
- by Georgina Mitchell
Opinion
Discrimination
Myth of meritocracy casts Australia in a new light
When it comes to an entrenched class system, Australia can’t hold its head up high on several fronts.
- by Tim Costello