Aboriginal people are grossly over-represented in Victoria’s criminal legal system and prisons and will,once again,suffer the most as a result of this government’s failure.
States and the Commonwealth agreed more than four years ago to set up an independent inspectorate of detention facilities. Little has happened since.
Sisters Inside said “distressed and traumatised” women in cells around her had to be moved out,as police investigate.
The 43-year-old Sunshine man was found unresponsive during a routine check by custody officers at Sunshine police station. He had only been in custody for two days and was due to face court this morning.
A High Court ruling narrows the way the “good faith” defence may be applied over the 2019 death of Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker.
The NBA star led the Boomers to their historic medal in Tokyo and just signed a $17-million deal. But Eddie Mabo’s great-nephew is also fighting racial injustice.
The details of the 26-year-old’s last days alive are being detailed during a five-day coronial inquest which started on Monday at Perth Magistrates Court.
The 50-year-old woman was found unresponsive in her cell ahead of a court appearance on Friday.
The highly anticipated trial of a Northern Territory police officer accused of murdering an Aboriginal teenager has been delayed again and may not begin this year.
One of the most significant Australian murder trials in a generation begins in Darwin on Wednesday.
The first analysis of Closing the Gap data has been released,a year after a historic agreement was reached to reduce the inequality faced by Indigenous people.