‘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.