Family reaction to drownings 'dignified'

Updated September 14 2018 - 4:26pm, first published 3:55pm
An Aboriginal flag is draped and floral tributes near the scene where two Aboriginal boys drowned.
An Aboriginal flag is draped and floral tributes near the scene where two Aboriginal boys drowned.

The families of two boys, who drowned in Perth's Swan River after diving in to evade police, have reacted with dignity and helped calm potential racial tensions, West Australian Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ben Wyatt says.