�鶹ӳ�� - Aboriginal deaths in custody

�鶹ӳ�� Show #64: Lidia Thorpe: RED LINES against genocide

Lidia Thorpe — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 13:15:00 +1000

Lidia Thorpe and Alex Bainbridge discuss the Red Lines package against genocide and the campaign against Black deaths in custody in the latest episode of the �鶹ӳ�� Show.

Photos: Thousands stand with Yuendumu, demand justice for Kumanjayi White

Isaac Nellist — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +1000

Thousands joined vigils and rallies across the country demanding justice for Kumanjayi White, the 24-year-old Warlpiri-Luritja man who was killed by police in May. Isaac Nellist reports.

Calls grow for an independent inquiry into Kumanjayi White’s death

Isaac Nellist — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +1000

Calls are growing for an independent investigation into the death of 24-year-old Warlpiri-Luritja man Kumanjayi White, who died while being restrained by police, reports Isaac Nellist.

Lidia Thorpe secures Senate support for greater scrutiny on deaths in custody

Kerry Smith — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:30:00 +1000

Labor Senators, including the new minister for Indigenous Australians, voted against a motion requiring the Attorney-General to provide quarterly reports on deaths in custody, coronial inquests and incidents of self-harm in prisons. Kerry Smith reports.

Labor's not doing what’s needed to close the gap

Isaac Nellist — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +1000

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese claims that Labor is “determined” to close the gap, but the latest report shows things have gotten worse for First Nations people. Isaac Nellist reports.

Crossbench backs Lidia Thorpe on Black deaths royal commission recommendations

Isaac Nellist — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 15:30:00 +1100

Gunnai Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has received crossbench backing for her call on Labor to implement the royal commission into Black deaths in custody’s recommendations. Isaac Nellist reports.

NSW police officer charged on 2nd anniversary of Jai Wright’s death

Kerry Smith — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:15:00 +1100

The family of Dunghutti teenager Jai Kalani Wright have welcomed the news that a NSW Police officer, whose car collided with the 16 year old, has been charged. Kerry Smith reports.

TJ Hickey 20 years on: Family and supporters say justice is needed

Isaac Nellist — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 13:45:00 +1100

Aunty Gail Hickey marched through Redfern with her family and supporters to demand justice for her son TJ Hickey, who was killed in a police pursuit 20 years ago. Isaac Nellist reports.

Productivity Commission: Gov’t fails to close the gap

Peter Boyle — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 13:45:00 +1100

The Productivity Commission reported that the gap between First Nations peoples and the rest of the population had widened on four key social indicators. Peter Boyle reports.

Coroner refers Jai Wright’s death to DPP

Kerry Smith — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 12:30:00 +1100

New South Wales Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan has suspended the inquest into the death in 2022 of Dunghutti teenager Jai Wright and referred it to the Department of Public Prosecutions. Kerry Smith reports.

�鶹ӳ�� News Podcast Ep 24: World rallies for Palestine, Traditional Owners resist coal and gas & justice for Cleveland Dodd

Isaac Nellist — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:15:00 +1100

�鶹ӳ�� journalist’s Isaac Nellist and Aneesa Bhamjee go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.

CANCELLED Queer Contingent - Stop Blak Deaths in Custody Rally

Richard Boult — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 10:43:47 +0000

SYDNEY EVENT CANCELLED

Stop Blak Deaths in Custody - National Day of Action (Naarm/Melbourne)

Isaac Nellist — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 05:20:07 +0000

Implement the recommendations from the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody NOW!

Stop Blak Deaths in Custody - National Day of Action (Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide)

Isaac Nellist — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 05:18:32 +0000

Implement the recommendations from the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody NOW!

CANCELLED Stop Blak Deaths in Custody - Sydney Rally

Isaac Nellist — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 05:16:33 +0000

SYDNEY EVENT CANCELLED

See https://blaksovereignmovement.com/

Implement the recommendations from the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody NOW!

Stop Blak Deaths in Custody - National Day of Action (Meanjin/Brisbane)

Alex alexb@greenleft.org.au — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 04:31:40 +0000

Protest calling to implement the recommendations from the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody NOW!

Menang woman Megan Krakouer: Voice is ‘a step in the right direction’

Sam Wainwright — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +1000

Long-term activist Menang woman Megan Krakouer first opposed the Voice, but has now decided to support it. She spoke to Sam Wainwright about why.

Djab Wurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara Senator Lidia Thorpe: 'I'll be continuing to fight for justice'

Lidia Thorpe — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +1000

We need to get our land back, get every kid out of the prison system and end Black deaths in custody. Don’t you think I’d be saying “Yes” if this powerless body had a say in any of those things? Djab Wurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara Senator Lidia Thorpe explains her opposition to the Voice to Parliament.

Justice for Aubrey Donahue

Kerry Smith — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 17:30:00 +1100

Vigils and protests for Aubrey Donahue are being held in Western Australia and Queensland following the police killing of the 27-year-old man from Mareeba, east of Cairns. Kerry Smith reports.

19 years on — still no justice for TJ Hickey

Peter Boyle — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 13:30:00 +1100

Auntie Gail Hickey, her family and supporters marched through Redfern to demand justice for TJ Hickey, 19 years after the 17-year-old Kamilaroi youth died while being pursued by NSW Police. Peter Boyle reports.

Donna Nelson: ‘Veronica should not have been locked up!’

Kerry Smith — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:00:00 +1100

Donna Nelson, the mother of Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman Veronica Nelson, has spoken out about the failures of the system and called for changes to the bail laws. Kerry Smith reports.

Invasion Day protests demand: 'Sovereignty now!'

Kerry Smith — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:15:00 +1100

Tens of thousands of people joined Invasion Day protests around the country on January 26.

Another Closing the Gap Report admits to failure

Isaac Nellist — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 10:45:00 +1100

This year's Closing the Gap report provides more damning evidence of the colonialist approach to First Nations people. Isaac Nellist reports.

No verdict in Wiradjuri man Dwayne Johnstone murder trial

Rachel Evans — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:15:00 +1100

The jury has been dismissed after a three-week trial of a New South Wales prison officer accused of murdering Wiradjuri man Dwayne Johnstone. Rachel Evans reports.

Video: David Shoebridge on justice and a federal ICAC

David Shoebridge — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:15:00 +1000

David Shoebridge talks about a federal ICAC, the Restoration of Territory Rights Bill, the failure to implement the findings of the Royal Commission into Black Deaths in Custody and the challenges of work-life balance.

Protesters mark 15 years of the NT intervention, demand police in First Nations communities be disarmed

Isaac Nellist — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 18:30:00 +1000

Protesters gathered around the country, in response to a call out from Yuendumu Elders, to demand police be prohibited from taking guns into remote First Nations communities and justice for Kumanjayi Walker. Isaac Nellist and Chloe DS report.

Marchers demand no guns for police in Aboriginal communities

Peter Boyle — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 20:15:00 +1000

Hundreds marched through Sydney to demand justice for Kumanjayi Walker and the many other First Nations people killed in custody. Video by Peter Boyle.

Dunghutti activist Paul Silva calls on Albanese to ‘step up’ on Black deaths in custody

Paul Gregoire — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 16:15:00 +1000

Paul Silva talks to Paul Gregoire about prospects for real change for First Nations peoples under the new Labor government.

Yorta Yorta woman Veronica Nelson’s pleas ignored in custody, inquest told

Chris Slee — Tue, 31 May 2022 12:45:00 +1000

The Victorian Coroners Court has just completed public hearings in a coronial inquest into the death of Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman Veronica Nelson. Chris Slee reports.

Pat O’Shane calls for police accountability on International Day Against Police Brutality

Renee Lees — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 14:45:00 +1100

Outspoken former magistrate and Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O’Shane said the people of Yuendemu deserved better on International Day Against Police Brutality. Renee Lees reports.