Call for action over Indigenous deaths in custody

Australian governments must urgently address the crisis of Indigenous deaths in custody, advocates say on the 30th anniversary of a landmark report on the issue.

What we know today, Thursday April 15

Today’s breaking news from South Australia, the nation and abroad. The State Government says two new COVID vaccination hubs will be opened at Noarlunga and Elizabeth by June, pending the supply of Pfizer vaccines from the federal government.

A protestor at the Black Lives Matter protest in Adelaide. Photo: Jack Fenby

SA Govt finally moves on 1991 recommendation to stop Aboriginal deaths in custody

SA Police officers will be forced to notify the state’s Aboriginal legal service every time an Indigenous person is detained in custody under regulations being proposed by the State Government – decades after it was recommended by the 1991 Australian Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Mother concerned after prison officers refuse to talk on death

The mother of an indigenous man who died in custody in Adelaide has told an inquest she hasn’t seen video of her son’s altercation with prison officers because it’s “too painful to watch”.