Tag: Black Deaths In Custody
Time for Bligh to 'show leadership' on Palm Is death
A Qld criminologist says Anna Bligh hasn't shown much leadership on the controversy surrounding the death in custody on Palm Is.[MORE]
No grounds for Palm Island Commission: Oppn
The Qld Opposition says there is no grounds for a Royal Commission into an Aboriginal death in custody on Palm Island.[MORE]
Hurley vows to clear his name: lawyer
Reopening the Mulrunji inquest could clear Chris Hurley's name, lawyer says.[MORE]
Bligh rejects Palm Is royal commission
The Qld Premier has rejected a royal commission into the Palm Is death in custody.[MORE]
MP demands release of Palm Is police report
Qld MP Mike Reynolds demands the release of the original Palm Is police report.[MORE]
Police Union welcomes new Hurley inquest
The Queensland Police Union says it is pleased a District Court judge has ordered the reopening of the inquest into a death in custody of an Aboriginal man on Palm Island in 2004.[MORE]
Palm Is Mayor seeks 'truth' over Mulrunji death
The Mayor of Palm Island, off north Queensland, says there are still too many unanswered questions about the 2004 death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee and the events that followed his death. [MORE]
Concerns raised over Palm Is police bravery awards
The Mayor of Palm Island in north Queensland says every member of his community deserves a bravery award for rebuilding their lives after the 2004 riot.[MORE]
Aboriginal outrage at awards for Palm Is police
The timing of bravery awards for Palm Island riot police has drawn Aboriginal anger and claims of 'thuggish politics'.[MORE]
Leave Wotton case to the courts: Bligh
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has stopped short of defending the Member for Townsville, Mike Reynolds, for his stand on Indigenous rights.[MORE]
Activists fight for Wotton's freedom
Aboriginal activists in north Qld say they will continue to fight against the jailing of Lex Wotton[MORE]
NT police defend actions over Indigenous suicide
The Northern Territory police force has defended the actions of officers surrounding a death in custody in Arnhem Land.[MORE]
Court holds decision on death in custody appeal
A District Court judge in Townsville has reserved his decision in a Queensland policeman's appeal against the adverse findings of a coronial inquiry into a Palm Island death in custody.[MORE]
Burns to assess report on Daly River death
Northern Territory Health Minister Chris Burns says he will consider the coronial findings into the death of an Indigenous man who had been just been released from police custody.[MORE]
Indigenous focus for prison study
An Adelaide University lecturer says more research is needed into prison environments to prevent self-harm and deaths in custody among Aboriginal prisoners.[MORE]
Police Commissioner wants info on Hurley pay-out
The Queensland Police Commissioner has asked for more information about a compensation case involving former Palm Island police officer Chris Hurley.[MORE]
Legal group raises more questions over prison van death
An Indigenous advocacy group says a review into prisoner transfers in Western Australia does not settle the case of an Aboriginal man who died after a trip in a prison van.[MORE]
Prisoner transport to change
The State Government is to change the way prisoners are transported following the death of an Aboriginal man in a prison van.[MORE]
Van death victim's family hires lawyer
The family of the Western Australia goldfields man who died while being transported in a prison van has engaged a lawyer to represent it during the investigation into his death.[MORE]
Watch Committee wants independent inquiry into van death
The Deaths in Custody Watch Committee is questioning why a report on transporting prisoners is being done by the Department of Corrective Services rather than an independent person.[MORE]
DPP has no regrets over handling of Hurley case
Queensland's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Leanne Clare says she is comfortable with the way her office handled the controversial Palm Island death in custody case.[MORE]
Death may have been preventable: Watch Committee
A voluntary organisation says the death of an Aboriginal elder in the back of a prison van in the Goldfields may have been preventable.[MORE]
Death in custody not surprising: Inspector
The Inspector of Custodial Services, Professor Richard Harding, says he is not surprised by the death of an Aboriginal elder in the back of a prison van in the Goldfields, given the state of the transport fleet.[MORE]
Prisoner's death not suspicious: police
Police say a post-mortem examination has confirmed there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of an Indigenous prisoner in central Queensland at the weekend.[MORE]
Qld coroner probes Aboriginal death in custody
The Queensland coroner is investigating the death of an Aboriginal man in custody in Rockhampton, in central Queensland.[MORE]
