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Kumanjayi White family ends court action after learning who made decision not to prosecute his death in custody
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following...
Dechlan Brennan 13 Aug 2026
Analysis: The NT’s double standard on independence
There is a long-held legal maxim that justice must not only be done, but must al...
Dechlan Brennan 10 Aug 2026
Exclusive: MP referral revives conflict-of-interest questions in Kumanjayi White death in custody case
The Northern Territory Director of Public Prosecutions' (NT DPP) decision to han...
Dechlan Brennan 6 Aug 2026
IncarcerNation opens conversation on Indigenous incarceration in Australia
A major exhibition examining Australia's incarceration crisis and its impact on...
Joseph Guenzler 5 Aug 2026
Two national tragedies demand equal commitment to protection, justice and accountability
There are two national tragedies that have claimed Australian lives for decades....
Sean Gordon 30 Jul 2026
Children who die in state care must be included Indigenous deaths in custody reporting

Australia must count people who pass away in state care in data on Indigenous deaths in custody, the former ACT Indigenous children commissioner has said.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 30, 2026
SA Police: Aboriginal death in police custody to be treated with 'utmost importance'

The death of a 23-year-old Aboriginal man in custody will be treated with the "utmost importance", South Australian Police say. The man, whose family reside on the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyt...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 27, 2026
Supreme Court action launched over decision not to prosecute officers after Kumanjayi White's death

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article contains the name and/or image of an Indigenous person who has died.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 27, 2026
Aboriginal man dies at privately run prison in NSW

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article makes mention of an Indigenous person who has died. An Aboriginal man has died at a privately run prison in New...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 17, 2026
Another woman has died in a Queensland prison: there is nothing routine about that

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that this article contains the names of deceased Indigenous people. Author's note: We have consulted directly with Shandell Pryor's family befo...

Australia's rejection of UN recommendations fuels First Nations justice concerns

Australia's response to international scrutiny of its human rights record has been condemned by Indigenous legal advocates, who say the federal government is ignoring mounting evidence of systemic rac...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 7, 2026
WA Corrective Services minister set to quit politics

The minister responsible for Western Australia's beleaguered prison system is set to resign from politics this week. Paul Papalia has served as Minister for Corrective Services since June 2023, after...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 6, 2026
In from the cold: Indigenous women find home after jail

Tracy slept in a tent for months during winter, with no home to go to after leaving jail. The 53-year-old Gamilaroi and Wiradjuri woman endured the cold while living with a serious chronic lung condit...

Aboriginal man dies in custody after transfer from Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison

A 42-year-old Aboriginal man died in custody on Saturday night. The man was admitted to Kalgoorlie Hospital on June 9 following his reception into Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison where he presented...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 22, 2026
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 death in police custody is "imminent" unless the Victorian Government closes a loophole they say allows detainees to be hel...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 17, 2026
Family of Indigenous death in custody victim engage pathologist

An inquest into the death of a young Aboriginal man forcibly restrained by police officers will consider hundreds of statements, including evidence from a pathologist engaged by his family.

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Lloyd Jones (AAP) Jun 16, 2026
Indigenous man dies at WA prison

An Indigenous man has died while in custody at Western Australia's Casuarina Prison. The Department of Justice Western Australia said the 29-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell on Thursday...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jun 5, 2026
NSW police officer avoids jail over death of Indigenous teen Jai Kalani Wright

Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following story contains the name and image of a person who has died. The New South Wales police officer found guilty over the fa...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 5, 2026
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