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Open letter from WA community leaders urges reform on 35th anniversary of Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
34 Aboriginal community leaders, human rights experts, justice advocates and oth...
Giovanni Torre 15 Apr 2026
Senator Thorpe alleges PM refused meeting with deaths in custody families
Thirty-five years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody,...
Dechlan Brennan 15 Apr 2026
Death in custody sparks renewed call for justice reform
The National Network of Incarcerated & Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls has...
Giovanni Torre 17 Mar 2026
Young Aboriginal woman dies in WA prison
A 35-year-old Aboriginal woman has died in Western Australia's Bandyup Women's P...
Giovanni Torre 16 Mar 2026
Dr Raylene Nixon's fight for justice and an end to police chokeholds in Queensland

On 7 October, 2021, Steven Lee Nixon-McKeller was killed at the hands of two Queensland Police Service (QPS) officers in Toowoomba. Stevie Lee was just twenty-seven years old.

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Amanda Porter Mar 10, 2026
NT Chief Minister downplays inquest findings into Kumanjayi Walker’s death

The Northern Territory's Chief Minister has appeared to downplay aspects of the inquest into the police shooting death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker, suggesting some of the Coroner's recommendations...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 15, 2025
Institutional racism in NT Police prompts leaders to urge action

In the wake of landmark coronial findings into the death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker — which found the officer who shot him is racist and the Northern Territory Police Force exhibits "signif...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 8, 2025
Family of Kumanjayi Walker calls for accountability ahead of inquest findings

The family of Kumanjayi Walker says Northern Territory Police must be held accountable for the Warlpiri-Luritja man's death, more than five years after he was fatally shot by former NT police officer...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 6, 2025
Indigenous man dies in NSW Prison, sparking peaceful protest from inmates

Warning: this article contains the name of an Aboriginal person who has died. An Indigenous man has died in custody at Parklea Prison in New South Wales, prompting a peaceful protest by fellow inmates...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 30, 2025
Analysis: How law and order politics is fuelling Indigenous deaths in custody

Two weeks after the death of 24-year-old Warlpiri man Kumanjayi White in police custody, a familiar and painful pattern has re-emerged across Australia: grief, protest, and official silence.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 13, 2025
Rallies across Australia demand justice for Kumanjayi White

A rally will take place in Magandjin's King George Square on Saturday 8 June, calling for justice following the death of Kumanjayi White, a 24-year-old Aboriginal man who died after being restrained b...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 5, 2025
National Network slams coroner's handling of inquest for Shiralee Tilberoo and Vlasta Wylucki

The National Network has condemned the Queensland Coroners Court's handling of the inquest into the deaths of Shiralee Deanne Tilberoo and Vlasta Wylucki.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 19, 2024
Protest calls for justice as JC inquest reveals breach of police use of force policy

Evidence at the inquest into JC's death continued on Wednesday, as family, friends, and supporters staged a protest march through Geraldton CBD, demanding justice for the 29-year-old Yamatji woman.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 4, 2024
Indigenous man's death in custody a "preventable tragedy," Victorian coroner finds

Warning: this story contains the name and image of a person who has died, and disturbing details. The death of a 32-year-old Indigenous man who died in his cell as staff watched due to flawed protocol...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 1, 2024
"I don't trust the Queensland Police": Mr George's family seeks closure amid ongoing inquest

In the aftermath of Mr George's tragic death in a Kowanyama police cell, recent conversations with a family member highlights the impact on those left behind.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Feb 20, 2024
Six years after Aboriginal man's "avoidable" death in custody, hanging points remain in prison

A coronial inquest heard on Thursday that vulnerable people are still being held in cells with hanging points in a New South Wales prison unit where an Aboriginal man took his life.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 1, 2024
Legal groups demand greater transparency as data shows Indigenous deaths in custody on the rise

The following article contains the name of people who have diedLegal groups have sounded the alarm over the latest figures showing annual Indigenous deaths in police custody have doubled since 2007, w...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 30, 2024
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