PORT LINCOLN TRAGEDY
The Point opened with Tuesday’s tragic and heartbreaking news of the death of a 13-year-old, killed when the bin he was sleeping in with two other boys was collected by a garbage truck.
The tragedy has stunned the community in Port Lincoln, South Australia.
“This is a very tight-knit, relatively small community and everyone in this community will be impacted either directly or indirectly by this event,” said SA Police Superintendent Paul Bahr.
“We’ve spoken to both the (surviving) boys. Clearly, they re traumatised by what occurred. I think by the time that the truck driver was alerted there were people in the bin, it was at that point of being too late to stop the skip from tipping.
Northern Territory Labor’s Indigenous arm has accused Chief Minister Michael Gunner of giving in to racist rhetoric as the government moves to wind back changes made after the Royal Commission into Youth Detention.
The territory government’s changes to youth justice laws will be introduced to parliament today – which include changing the presumption of bail – in keeping with the party’s pre-election promise to tighten bail laws.
The Labor Indigenous Network – made up of about 40 party members – wrote a scathing letter to the chief minister, saying “We urge that the Government ceases tough on crime rhetoric that misrepresents the situation for Aboriginal children contributing to racist community attitudes towards them”.
“As identified in the Royal Commission, Government attitudes ‘set the tone’ for how kids are treated. We implore you to lead with vision.”
Mr Gunner defended his actions when asked about the matter, saying “I think I’ve always been v
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