The family members of First Nations people who have died in custody say they are disappointed the government rejected a call in the senate to meet with them on the anniversary of the Royal Commission into Indigenous Deaths in Custody handing down its findings in 1991.
Latoya Rule s brother, Wayne Fella Morrison died in 2016 just days after an altercation with corrections staff at an Adelaide prison left him brain dead.
Deaths in custody advocate Latoya Rule with brother Wayne Fella Morrison who died in September 2016 after an altercation with guards at an Adelaide prison. (Supplied: Latoya Rule)
Commonwealth urged to meet with families
A 31-year-old Kallangur man who targeted shopping centre car parks to steal high-end bicycles was sentenced to prison at the Pine Rivers Magistrates Court on Thursday.
Joshua James Ready appeared via videolink from the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre to plead guilty to nine charges, including stealing, entering premises with the intention to commit a crime, possession of a knife in a public place and receiving tainted property. CCTV footage shows Ready riding off with a stolen bike. The court heard Ready s first victim reported her brand new bike missing from the Westfield North Lakes on September 24. According to police prosecutor sergeant Graham Turner, CCTV footage showed a man walking into the car park and using bolt cutters to remove the bike lock.
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Queensland civil liberties advocates have warned about the risk of police driving youth justice reforms amid continuing debate over the issue, suggesting a retired Childrenâs Court judge should head up a review of state laws.
Police Minister Mary Ryan said the recent incidents highlighted âthere is more to be doneâ and said all voices were being listened to.
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GPS tracking anklets for juveniles on bail and a strengthening of bail laws were put forward by the Queensland Police Union this week as one potential solution for recidivist offenders.
Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll said on Tuesday the Queensland Police Service would draft a range of them to present the government.
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Subscriber only QUEENSLAND S Attorney-General has sought urgent appeal advice after a man accused of bashing a sex worker and violently raping an elderly woman in a Townsville park was granted bail and freed from custody. A 66-year-old woman who was walking along a path near Victor St was left bloody and bruised on a riverbank in Cranbrook after she was allegedly dragged into the bushes and raped on September 30 last year. TheTownsville Bulletinasked Attorney-General and Minister for Women Shannon Fentiman if she planned step in an exercise her power to appeal the grant of bail which was not in line with community expectations. .