Senate debates

Wednesday, 10 June 2020

Questions without Notice

Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

2:48 pm

Photo of Anne RustonAnne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much, Mr President. Senator Siewert, as I think Senator Cormann mentioned in response to the question that he was asked earlier in question time by Senator Wong, the Western Australian Treasurer, Ben Wyatt, acknowledged that, if there were an easy solution, the solution would already have been implemented. This is a very complex problem, and it is going to require all Australians to support the decisions of governments and of communities to make sure that this presentation all too often of Indigenous Australians in the justice system is reduced, because, as I said, reducing the number of Indigenous Australians in contact with the justice system by addressing the underlying— (Time expired)

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