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National
Neve Brissenden

'Missed opportunities' in Aboriginal death in custody

An inquest into Mr Dooley's death heard of missed opportunities by corrections and health services. (HANDOUT/SUPPLIED)

In the main room of a primary school in a remote Northern Territory community, a painted buffalo skull sits idle, watching over the scurrying students.

The sculpture serves as a reminder of the artist behind it, a quiet and complex Jawoyn man, with a violent streak lending to a long criminal history and a revolving prison door.

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