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Advocacy groups warn of 'imminent' death in custody risk over police cell loophole
A coalition of Aboriginal and legal advocacy organisations has warned that a dea...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Jun 2026
'When will we have our justice': Family respond to no charges over Kumanjayi White's death in custody
The family of a young Warlpiri man who died last year after being restrained by...
Dechlan Brennan 29 May 2026
‘Where there is no justice, there is no peace’: No charges over Kumanjayi White's death sparks outrage
An emotional Lidia Thorpe says she, and thousands of other First Nations people,...
Dechlan Brennan 27 May 2026
No charges to be laid over the death in police custody of Kumanjayi White
No charges will be laid over the death in police custody of Kumanjayi White. Mr...
Dechlan Brennan 26 May 2026
Family remain 'in the dark' as inquest into Noongar man's death in police custody opens in Melbourne

The following article contains the name and images of an Indigenous person who has died. Just days before he died in police custody, Jeffrey Winmar made a call to his father with a simple plea: "Dad...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 30, 2026
Aboriginal woman who died in Northern Territory watch house identified

Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article contains the name of a person who has died. The Aboriginal mother of five who died last month in a Northern Ter...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 6, 2026
Record deaths in custody trigger urgent demands for Commonwealth action

National action is needed after the latest deaths in custody figures, experts say, arguing federal inaction is no longer tenable. The comments come after the national deaths in custody report from the...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 11, 2025
Calls for accountability grow as Indigenous deaths in custody reach 45-year peak

Australia has recorded the highest number of Indigenous deaths in custody in 45 years of reliable data, amid growing calls from Indigenous leaders and organisations for the federal government to hold...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 10, 2025
Cleveland Dodd's death was avoidable and predictable, leaders say - It must never happen again

Leaders in Western Australia are urging the state government to act on Coroner Philip Urquhart's call to immediately close the notorious Unit 18, following the release of his findings into the death o...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 8, 2025
Analysis: The silence surrounding Kumanjayi White's death speaks louder than words

Six months have passed since the death of Kumanjayi White, a 24-year-old Warlpiri man with a disability who died after being restrained by two plain-clothed NT Police officers inside a Coles supermark...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 28, 2025
NSW cop found guilty over death of Indigenous teenager Jai Kalani Wright

Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this story contains the name and image of a person who has died. The New South Wales police officer charged over the fatal colli...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 28, 2025
Six months after his death in police custody, the family of Kumanjayi White is still waiting for answers

Six months after the death in police custody of Warlpiri man Kumanjayi White, his family say they still have no answers from authorities. Mr White, a 24-year-old Warlpiri man with disability who was u...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 27, 2025
Final autopsy into death in police custody of Kumanjayi White completed, investigation handed to DPP

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died which is used with the permission of their family.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 22, 2025
Extraordinary cost of Walker inquest revealed

Northern Territory Government departments spent more than $7 million during the coronial inquest into the police shooting of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 17, 2025
United Nations says 'comprehensive reform' needed after police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker

Australia is undergoing a period of "soul searching" following the coroner's findings into the fatal police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker, the United Nations says, calling for "comprehensive reforms".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 13, 2025
Kumanjayi Walker's inquest is a reckoning with police, systems, and disadvantage - Will anyone listen?

The road into Yuendumu, almost 300km north-west of Alice Springs, is lined with defiant spray-painted signs."Yapa Lives Matter""Justice for Walker"When you turn off the Tanami Road and enter the small...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 8, 2025
NT Police are 'racist', Chief Minister 'complicit' in genocide — Thorpe

Senator Lidia Thorpe has accused the Northern Territory Police of being "racist" and labelled the NT Chief Minister "out of touch" and "complicit in the ongoing genocide against our people".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 10, 2025
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