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'Hurting': Indigenous family wants inquest focus on son

The parents of an Indigenous teen who died after self-harming in detention want the inquest to refocus on their son after a bid to remove the coroner failed.

AAP · Oct 8, 2024

Indigenous teen's funeral back on after crisis talks

West Australian authorities have backflipped on their last-minute decision not to let Cleveland Dodd's incarcerated father attend the teenager's funeral.

AAP · Dec 1, 2023

Details of new youth restraint method for Banksia Hill Detention Centre will not be made public, department says

A new and undisclosed technique for restraining young people in detention in WA will not involve "a folding of the legs", but the Department of Justice says further details will not be released.

ABC News · Dec 21, 2022

Police did not adequately monitor breathing when restraining young woman: WA Coroner

A WA Coroner finds police failed to adequately monitor the breathing of a young mother as she was pinned on the ground for an unnecessary length of time, drawing parallels to the death of US man George Floyd. Warning: This story contains images and names of Indigenous people who have…

ABC News · Apr 28, 2022

Fresh data shows a suicide crisis among Victoria's Indigenous population has worsened

First Nations people and experts say more funding for suicide prevention is needed, with a focus on services that connect people to community and culture and tackle poverty.

ABC News · Feb 12, 2022

Youth suicide at crisis levels among Indigenous population, experts warn

The rate of suicides among Indigenous children is at critical levels, experts say, with young Aboriginal people nearly five times more likely to die due to intentional self-harm than other young people in the same age range.

ABC News · Jun 13, 2015