George Floyd’s death and the US Black Lives Matter movement sparked extensive media attention. Why aren't Australian Indigenous deaths in custody getting the same amount of media coverage?
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There is a war going on in Australia, which has spread from other parts of the developed world, and it isn’t the fight against Covid-19. It is a war against men. It is happening on several fronts.
The reasons for the war are complex. It is mixture of a power grab by a new generation of feminists who have run out of things to be angry about, the sheer cowardice of politicians and policy makers in the face of new feminism, and misinterpretation of social problems.
Rape and domestic violence are real and pressing evils. They always have been, but the causes are too often quite deliberately misinterpreted as being about “gender”, particularly about male gender. But the causes of sexual violence are complex and often involve the pathologies that plague our whole society, both men and women.
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.
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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 Australians Agency (NIAA) to more effectively report the information to help drive policy reform through the Closing the Gap agreement.
Senator Dodson questioned NIAA officials at a Senate estimates hearing on Friday over how they would ensure there is accountability around the use of the data.
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