Senate debates

Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Matters of Public Importance

Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

4:19 pm

Photo of Helen PolleyHelen Polley (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

A letter has been received from Senator Thorpe:

Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion:

The continuing crisis of people dying in custody, in particular First Nations people, and the government's unwillingness to take urgent action and fully implement the recommendations of the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

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