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Labor Senator Patrick Dodson says plans to improve the recording of Aboriginal deaths in custody can't focus on numbers alone, and must also address the causes behind these incidents.

Share on Twitter Labor Senator Patrick Dodson has pressured government officials over the need to ensure plans to improve the reporting of Indigenous deaths in custody can deliver change. The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) this week revealed it would now report data on Indigenous deaths in custody every six months, following sustained criticism over a failure to provide this data previously.  The change will see the body work directly with the National Indigenous Austral...

The Uluru statement, four years on This year marks the beginning of the second decade of constitutional recognition. Who could’ve known when Julia Gillard created the expert panel, at the urging of the Greens and independents Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor, that 10 years, seven processes and nine reports later the nation would still be waiting for the Commonwealth to act? Constitutional recognition is a common form of legal recognition in liberal democracies with Indigenous populations. It i...

National Reconciliation Week, which kicks off on the anniversary of a day that aimed to give Indigenous Australians greater equality, strives to grow the relationship between them and other Australians. The theme for 2021 is 'In This Together'.

There was plenty to cover on this week's program. Here's a look at The Point's stories

“Studying performance was a critical moment for me as an artist,” University alumna says Rachael Swain believes that performance can cross political boundaries. Pictured: Rachael Swain. Courtesy of Marrugeku. May 15, 2021 At an outdoor theatre in Broome, a dancer paces around a restraining chair in a lifelike prison cell. CCTV video projections paint the stage, evoking harrowing images of Don Dale Youth Detention Centre. Jurrungu Ngan-ga — a Yawuru kinship concep...

Labor Senator Malarndirri McCarthy has described her mixed emotions, following a meeting between Traditional Owners and the Juukan Gorge inquiry. Yanyuwa, Mara, Garrawa and Gudanji representatives appeared before the inquiry to express their ongoing concerns for the health of the McArthur River, threatened by a nearby mine, as part of the investigation into cultural heritage destruction.  “I’m immensely proud to see a parliamentary committee listening to their concerns, but I’m sad becau...

Labor Senator Malarndirri McCarthy has described her mixed emotions, following a meeting between Traditional Owners and the Juukan Gorge inquiry. Yanyuwa, Mara, Garrawa and Gudanji representatives appeared before the inquiry to express their ongoing concerns for the health of the McArthur River, threatened by a nearby mine, as part of the investigation into cultural heritage destruction.  “I’m immensely proud to see a parliamentary committee listening to their concerns, but I’m sad becau...

The figure highlights Australias problem of an extremely high suicide rate among the indigenous populace, with up to 10 per cent of all indigenous deaths caused by people taking their own lives. Among the positive trends noted in the report was an improvement in mortality rates and an increase in the number of children finishing school. But family and community violence rates had stagnated between 2002 and 2014-2015, according to the report, affecting around one in five of the adult indigenous...

Anniversary highlights Aboriginal deaths in custody crisis Issued on: 15/04/2021 - 05:10 Despite calls for sweeping reforms in 1991, a spate of recent fatalities and soaring rates of Aboriginal incarceration have highlighted failures to act PATRICK HAMILTON AFP/File 4 min Brisbane (Australia) (AFP) Thirty years after sweeping reforms were recommended to end the injustice of Indigenous deaths in Australian custody, a spate of recent fatalities and soa...