The Kairi and Gubbi Gubbi woman told NITV News her work with the Committee was all-consuming. “Families were angry. Many of the deaths were preventable, they were the result of medical neglect, targeting of Aboriginal people, over policing and excessive force,” she says. “We called for a royal commission to demand justice for the families.” Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in custody campaigner Cathy Eatock said not enough had changed in 30 years. Source: Supplied: Cathy Eatock The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: timeline of events and aftermath Twenty-five years after the findings of the Royal Commission into Deaths in Custody were handed down, there are still calls for most of the recommendations to be implemented. Learn more about the origins and timeline of the Royal Commission here.