House debates

Thursday, 11 June 2020

Questions without Notice

Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

2:15 pm

Photo of Adam BandtAdam Bandt (Melbourne, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. There have been 437 Aboriginal deaths in custody since the royal commission delivered its final report. Prime Minister, if you don't want Black Lives Matters protests to continue, why don't you do something about institutionalised racism in this country? Will you agree with the Greens proposal to put action on black deaths in custody on the national cabinet meeting for this Friday and make it a standing agenda item for every future national cabinet meeting, with strict time lines for changes to the criminal law so that we stop locking up Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at such high rates?

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