Senate debates

Wednesday, 7 February 2024

Questions without Notice

Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

2:46 pm

Photo of Murray WattMurray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

The Albanese government recognises that there is unfinished business when it comes to implementing the recommendations of the royal commission more than 30 years on from when it handed down its report. We know that the key to addressing what is a national shame, the rate of deaths in custody amongst First Nations people, and reducing that rate is reducing the rate at which First Nations people enter the criminal justice system in the first place. That's why we are investing in up to 30 community led justice reinvestment initiatives across Australia—

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