World news | The GuardianFeb 23
Tammy Shipley drank 67 glasses of water before her death in custody from water intoxication, inquest hears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/23/tammy-shipley-drank-67-glasses-of-water-before-her-death-in-custody-from-water-intoxication-inquest-hears #IndigenousAustralians #AustraliaNews #NewSouthWales #DeathsInCustody #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #IndigenousIncarceration
Tammy Shipley drank 67 glasses of water before her death in custody from water intoxication, inquest hears

The state coroner will examine why police failed to identify the Aboriginal mother of five’s acute mental health conditions at the time of her arrest, despite having previously detained her under the mental health act

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Opinion | The Guardian USJan 24
After the annual frenzy of debate around 26 January comes the political silence. First Nations people know it all too well | Bridget Cama https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/24/january-26-political-debate-first-nations-people #IndigenousAustralians #AustralianPolitics #IndigenousVoiceToParliament #AustraliaNews #IndigenousIncarceration
After the annual frenzy of debate around 26 January comes the political silence. First Nations people know it all too well

We need sustained, honest discussions about why we are no closer to closing the gap and addressing our nation’s unfinished business. Instead we get delay dressed up as action

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Opinion | The Guardian USJun 16, 2025
More than 30 years after the royal commission, why are Indigenous Australians still dying in custody? | Thalia Anthony and Eddie Cubillo for the Conversation https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/16/more-than-30-years-after-the-royal-commission-why-are-indigenous-australians-still-dying-in-custody #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Indigenousincarceration #IndigenousAustralians #Australianpolitics #NorthernTerritory #Deathsincustody #Australianews #Prisons
More than 30 years after the royal commission, why are Indigenous Australians still dying in custody?

About 597 First Nations people have died since 1991. We are potentially further away from resolving this crisis than we were 34 years ago

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