NT treaty commissioner Mick Dodson loses government support following verbal abuse allegations sbs.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sbs.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Labor says it will invest almost $80 million to combat the ongoing national crisis of Indigenous deaths in custody.
The pledge coincides with the 30th anniversary of the landmark report handed down following the Royal Commission into Indigenous deaths in custody.
Labor s Indigenous Australians spokesperson Linda Burney said their plan would work to tackle the root causes of crime and recidivism and to reduce Indigenous incarceration rates. There has been an explosion of First Nations people in custody since the royal commission, Ms Burney told reporters in Western Australia. We want to keep people out of custody.
“There has been an explosion of First Nations people in custody since the Royal Commission,” @LindaBurneyMP says in Perth. Federal Labor has announced $90m in funding to reduce Aboriginal incarceration @NITV@SBSNewspic.twitter.com/ga3fgrm7ER Aaron Fernandes (@az journalist) April 15, 2021
NSW Indigenous incarceration inquiry calls for lifting of age of criminal responsibility sbs.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sbs.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Noongar woman Winnie Hayward is still coming to terms with the police chase that ended with her son and his best friend drowning in Perth’s Swan River in September 2018.
Her son Christopher Drage, 16, and Trisjack Simpson, 17, were among a group of five boys reported to police after they were spotted jumping neighbourhood fences in Maylands, a suburb to the east of Perth.
Two patrol officers, constables Lindsay Jeffree and Ella Cutler from the Western Australia Police Force, suspected the boys had broken into nearby houses and chased them on foot. A witness described the boys as appearing “frightened” and “distressed” as the police pursued them.
Why young people in out-of-home care are most at risk of going missing sbs.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sbs.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.