Malarndirri McCarthy (NT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

I certainly put on the record that this isn't about wanting to see any early deaths of anyone at all—whether it's in prisons or out of prisons for that matter. I have spoken with the crossbenchers in particular, Senator Thorpe, on the direction that I'm taking in working with the states and territories to ensure that the concerns that we've raised around the high incarceration rates and the deaths in custody are being listened to.