Deaths in custody
Malarndirri McCarthy hits back at Lidia Thorpe for ‘native police’ attack in Senate
Labor frontbencher accuses Thorpe of using ‘reprehensible’ language and making her feel ‘culturally unsafe’
Kate Lyons
28, Feb, 2024 @2:00 PM
Lidia Thorpe says she was trying to speak about cousin’s death in custody during Senate chaos
Independent senator told to ‘sit down’ by Louise Pratt after repeated interjections that saw the chamber adjourn early
Amy Remeikis and Sarah Basford Canales
28, Feb, 2024 @5:37 AM
Kumanjayi Walker inquest: NT police sergeant has ‘no excuse’ for using racist term in text to Zachary Rolfe
Lee Bauwens agreed use of derogatory language could normalise it within the force and he should have led by example
Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter
22, Feb, 2024 @7:47 AM
Jai Kalani Wright: officer charged over death of Aboriginal teen killed in collision with police car
Sgt Benedict Bryant will face charges of dangerous driving occasioning death and negligent driving occasioning death after incident in February 2022
Lorena Allam Indigenous affairs editor
20, Feb, 2024 @12:52 AM
Pasquale Giorgio asked for help while sleeping rough in Surfers Paradise. The next day he died in a police van
A lack of available housing combined with a gap between policing and the health system can have fatal consequences, experts say
Christopher Knaus Chief investigations correspondent
06, Feb, 2024 @2:09 PM
Indigenous man called out ‘I’m dying’ with no response from prison staff in hours before death, Victorian inquest hears
Joshua Kerr, 32, was ‘visibly unresponsive’ for 17 minutes before getting medical treatment, counsel assisting the coroner said
Adeshola Ore
05, Feb, 2024 @7:21 AM
Homeless Australians are dying at age 44 on average in hidden crisis
Exclusive: Guardian Australia investigation lifts the veil on shocking life expectancy gap and the system failures fuelling deaths
Christopher Knaus Chief investigations correspondent
04, Feb, 2024 @3:00 PM
Roger Davies died with nine broken ribs. Police deemed his death non-suspicious and sent him to a pauper’s grave
Exclusive: The 42-year-old army veteran’s treatment – in life and death – lays bare the shocking indifference driving Australia’s homelessness life expectancy crisis
Christopher Knaus Chief investigations correspondent
04, Feb, 2024 @3:00 PM
Jai Kalani Wright: criminal charges to be considered in death of Aboriginal teenager killed in collision with police car
Coroner suspends inquest into death of Dunghutti boy, which only started on Monday, and refers case to DPP
Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter
30, Jan, 2024 @4:15 AM
Kumanjayi Walker inquest: coroner declines Zachary Rolfe’s request to recuse herself from case
Rolfe had applied for Elisabeth Armitage to recuse herself on the grounds of apprehended bias after she met Yuendumu community members
Natasha May
22, Nov, 2023 @7:54 AM
Victorian government scrambling to prepare for long-planned end of public drunkenness laws
Sobering-up facility not completed, emergency workers unclear about their role in new scheme – and it begins on Melbourne Cup Day
Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent
31, Oct, 2023 @2:00 PM
No plan for nuclear waste despite Aukus submarine deal, Senate hears – as it happened
Australia is planning to obtain nuclear-powered submarines, but has nowhere to dispose of radioactive waste
Caitlin Cassidy and Rafqa Touma (earlier)
26, Oct, 2023 @9:06 AM
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