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Hundreds of thousands of people have marched in solidarity with us against the issue of state sanctioned brutality. Systemic change is long overdue. At least 441 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in custody since the Royal Commission handed down its finding in 1991. These aren’t just numbers to us: these are our Elders, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and children. No police officer or authority has ever been held criminally responsible. The legal system is so entrenched with systemic racism that Aboriginal people are the most incarcerated people in the world. Yet w...

Share on Twitter Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of people who have died.  Noongar woman Winnie Hayward is still coming to terms with the police chase that ended with her son and his best friend drowning in Perth’s Swan River in September 2018.  Her son Christopher Drage, 16, and Trisjack Simpson, 17, were among a group of five boys reported to police after they were spotted jumping neighbourhood fences in Maylands, a suburb to the east of Perth. Two patrol officers, constables Lindsay Jeffree and Ella Cutler fro...

The statement comes ahead of protests across the country against deaths in custody. There are rallies planned for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Alice Springs and Lismore on Saturday, and Perth on Thursday. The statement was made by the families of Noongar woman Cherdeena Wynne (died 2019) and her father Warren John Cooper (died 1999); Noongar boys Christopher Drage and Trisjack Simpson (died 2018); Dunghutti man David Dungay Jr (died 2015); Gareth Jackson Roe (died 1997); Yamatji woman JC (died 2019, name withheld at her family’s request); Yamatji woman Ms Dhu (died 2014); Anaiwan and Dun...

The inquest will question whether police had a role in the boys' drowning, after they swam into dangerous conditions to escape pursuit by authorities.

NITV is bringing you updates from the Swan River drowning inquest in Western Australia as they happen.