Aboriginal deaths in custody is a national crisis

Isobel Cootes
Updated May 3 2021 - 7:02am, first published 6:59am
A photo from Launceston's Bla(c)k Lives Matter vigil held last year at Prince's Square.
A photo from Launceston's Bla(c)k Lives Matter vigil held last year at Prince's Square.

Thirty years ago a royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody handed down 339 recommendations.

Isobel Cootes

Isobel Cootes

Journalist

Sports reporter at The Canberra Times. A Novocastrian with a passion for football (or soccer as they call it in the capital) via The Examiner and The Port Lincoln Times.