Indigenous justice
‘Matter of urgency’: Coroner calls for closure of WA youth prison unit
Coroner Philip Urquhart called for the justice department to be stripped of its role overseeing young people.
- by Aaron Bunch
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Drugs, bikies, a serial killer: How did six men vanish from the outback without a trace?
Wes Lockyer is one of six Aboriginal men from WA’s remote north to have disappeared in recent years. His family want the police and pollies to do more to find them. And the public to care.
- by Tim Elliott
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Courts
‘A long time coming’: Indigenous leader Geoff Clark jailed for stealing $1m from his ‘kingdom’
Indigenous leaders from the tiny mission in regional Victoria wept and embraced outside court after the judge found Clark had “emphatically betrayed its trust”.
- by Erin Pearson
An Indigenous woman and a colonial descendant have come together in an unlikely alliance
‘We would get healing’: A push is on to overhaul place names celebrating white settlers who played a part in Aboriginal massacres and dispossession.
- by Benjamin Preiss
Truth-telling inquiry in limbo after minister cancels meeting
The future of a truth-telling inquiry is in limbo after the Queensland government postponed plans to discuss the Path to Treaty process.
- by Fraser Barton
‘Kick up the guts’: Indigenous Queenslanders devastated by decision to halt truth-telling inquiry
In one of his first decisions as premier, David Crisafulli pulled the pin on the hearings, a move that Indigenous groups say is a harmful step backwards.
- by Keira Jenkins
66 dead children, 5400 abuse claims: State’s child-protection system under blowtorch
The statistics covering the past four years have been reported as calls intensify for reform, particularly from the Indigenous community.
- by Kieran Rooney
‘So hungry for something beyond four walls’: The musical bringing joy to prisons
Ilbijerri Theatre’s Big Name, No Blankets wowed audiences at the big festivals in Sydney and Melbourne. Now it’s winning over the toughest crowd of all.
- by Karl Quinn
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Deaths in custody
Tammy Shipley’s final moments in Sydney jail cell recorded in CCTV footage
Prison officers failed to conduct checks while the Sydney mother fell gravely ill. Warning: this story contains images of an Aboriginal person who has died.
- by Patrick Begley
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Deaths in custody
Tammy was sent to jail for a $23.10 theft. After a cascade of errors, she died there
The mother of five died in a Sydney jail in the grip of delusions while prison officers failed to notice her collapse, a court heard.
- by Patrick Begley
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