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‘Time for talking is over’: Legal profession responds to deaths in custody report
By Naomi Neilson|18 April 2021
While major legal bodies have welcomed a new report into the high rate of Aboriginal deaths in custody, they have cautioned that the “time for talking is over” and urged the government to make changes and address systemic injustices immediately.
On the 30th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, a select committee has released a new report and called on the government to fully implement the 339 recommendations from the commission that have been “gathering dust”, including raising the age of criminal responsibility and expanding court powers.
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The plight of a Mullum resident has touched the hearts and injustice buttons of people far and wide who feel that a requirement that she repaint her house a heritage colour and possibly pay a fine, not only ridiculous but also petty.
High, but not high enough, on the country’s human rights agenda is the issue of Aboriginal deaths in custody.
With last week’s protest marches again shining a light on Australia’s deplorable deaths in custody statistics, yesterday’s release of the Upper House Select Committee’s report and recommendations into the high level of First Nations people in custody, and the oversight and review of deaths in custody, will be of great interest to many Australians.
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Indigenous leaders and families have called for change across the nation s justice system following the handing down of a NSW parliamentary report into First Nations deaths in custody.
Key points:
Committee Chair Adam Searle wants the report to drive change within the justice system
The NSW Government will consider the report and recommendations
An Upper House Select Committee today tabled its findings and 39 recommendations which aim to reduce the over-representation of First Nations people in the criminal justice system.
The inquiry was called after thousands of Australians protested in the streets as part of the global Black Lives Matter movement last year, calling for an end to Indigenous deaths in custody.