NSW Bar Association
New South Wales Bar Association President, Michael McHugh SC, described the report today as an “important piece of work that stands on the shoulders on 30 years’ worth of like inquiries”.
“It beggars belief that on the 30
th anniversary of the Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, recommendations from that landmark report are still to be implemented. This cannot be acceptable and should not be tolerated,” Mr McHugh SC said.
“The over-representation of First Nations peoples in NSW is nothing short of a state crisis.
“Despite a number of reports and inquiries over some decades, First Nations people remain significantly and unacceptably over-represented in NSW prisons and the criminal justice system. While First Nations people represent 3% of the population in NSW, they represent 40% of adults refused bail in NSW and 25% of the prison population.
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School children brought some East cheer to Great Bedwyn. Pupils at Great Bedwyn School took part in an Easter bonnet parade around the village, delivering eggs and Easter cards to the local residents. On the way, they stopped at St Mary’s Church in the village, where Reverend Michael McHugh gave an Easter blessing. The children visited Foxbury Place to give out gifts and Year 1 children performed some songs from their Easter play to residents, who had lined the streets. Fiona de Pass, Great Bedwyn’s school reception teacher, said: “We wanted to do something as a school to celebrate Easter. Our bonnet parade, with the theme of hope was an event that brought the school and community together in a beautiful colourful celebration”.
School children brought some East cheer to Great Bedwyn. Pupils at Great Bedwyn School took part in an Easter bonnet parade around the village, delivering eggs and Easter cards to the local residents. On the way, they stopped at St Mary’s Church in the village, where Reverend Michael McHugh gave an Easter blessing. The children visited Foxbury Place to give out gifts and Year 1 children performed some songs from their Easter play to residents, who had lined the streets. Fiona de Pass, Great Bedwyn’s school reception teacher, said: “We wanted to do something as a school to celebrate Easter. Our bonnet parade, with the theme of hope was an event that brought the school and community together in a beautiful colourful celebration”.
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