About 82 per cent of WA prisoners are smokers,compared to about 11 per cent in the broader community,and tobacco products are by far their most-bought items.
Making 99-year leases available on all native title land would be a historic step towards closing the gap.
A rarely seen smoked bark etching dating back to the 1800s has been briefly displayed as part of a bid to secure Commonwealth heritage protection for Victoria’s largest inland saltwater lake.
A 17-year-old Perth boy was released from custody for Christmas despite a serious crime spree,the judge calling the unit he would go to a “barbaric dungeon”.
NSW Police constable Ryan Barlow used a “violent” leg sweep to knock the 16-year-old boy to the ground when arresting him in Sydney last year.
Victorian First Peoples are concerned the commission will fail to meet its brief after scaling up its inquiries into health,education and housing injustice with just 18 months to go.
A 28-year-old Noongar man who was handcuffed as he lost consciousness died after being arrested in Melbourne’s east last month.
The mother of a teenager shown on Four Corners being hog-tied in a men’s prison fears for his safety as she watches him locked in a cycle of crime and self-harm.
In the Lorraine Motel car park,some 55 years after that shot rang out in a Memphis sky,a holidaying Brisbane journalist found himself seeking some news from home. It wasn’t good.
The grieving family of Indigenous father of three Wayne Ugle,who died while on remand for minor charges,alleges that he died begging for medical help which was withheld.
The incident occurred on the same day as the release of a shocking interim report into the actions of staff in the lead up to Cleveland Dodd’s suicide.