Labor Senators, including the new minister for Indigenous Australians, voted against a motion requiring the聽Attorney-General to provide quarterly reports on deaths in custody, coronial inquests and incidents of self-harm in prisons. Kerry Smith reports.
Aboriginal deaths in custody
Prime聽Minister Anthony Albanese claims that Labor is 鈥渄etermined鈥 to close the gap, but the latest report shows things have gotten worse for First Nations people. Isaac Nellist reports.
Gunnai Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has received crossbench backing for her call on Labor to implement the royal commission into Black deaths in custody鈥檚 recommendations. Isaac Nellist 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听
The family of Dunghutti teenager Jai Kalani Wright聽have welcomed the news that a NSW Police officer,聽whose car collided with the 16 year old, has been charged. Kerry Smith reports.
Aunty Gail Hickey marched through Redfern with her family and supporters to demand justice for her son TJ Hickey, who was killed in a police pursuit 20 years ago. Isaac Nellist reports.
The Productivity Commission reported that the gap between First Nations peoples and the rest of the population had widened on four key social indicators. Peter Boyle reports.
New South Wales Coroner Teresa O鈥橲ullivan has suspended the inquest into the death in 2022 of Dunghutti teenager Jai Wright and referred it聽to聽the Department of Public Prosecutions. Kerry Smith reports.
麻豆传媒 箩辞耻谤苍补濒颈蝉迟鈥檚 Isaac Nellist and Aneesa Bhamjee go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.聽
Long-term activist Menang woman Megan Krakouer first opposed the Voice, but has now decided to support it. She spoke to聽Sam Wainwright about why.
We need to get our land back, get every kid out of the prison system and聽end聽Black deaths in custody. Don鈥檛 you think I鈥檇 be saying 鈥淵es鈥 if this powerless body had a say in any of those things?聽Djab Wurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara Senator Lidia Thorpe explains her opposition to the Voice to Parliament.
Vigils and protests for Aubrey Donahue are being held in Western Australia and Queensland following the police killing of the 27-year-old man from Mareeba, east of Cairns. Kerry Smith reports.
Auntie Gail Hickey, her family and supporters marched聽through Redfern聽to demand justice for TJ Hickey, 19聽years after the 17-year-old Kamilaroi youth died while being pursued by NSW Police.聽Peter Boyle reports.
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