Government recognition of Aboriginal deaths in custody

The Issue

We the undersigned demand that the Australian Federal and State Governments respond immediately to the 'Deaths Inside: Indigenous Deaths in Custody'  database published in 'The Guardian', 28th August, 2018. We demand that Federal and State Governments condemn, in the strongest possible way, the systems (and their people) that allow and perpetrate this heinous racism and inhumanity. We demand that all Australian States and Territories take action to eradicate all forms of violence and discrimination against the Aboriginal peoples of Australia. We note 'more than 400 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in custody since the end of the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody in 1991' ('The Guardian' 28/08/2018) and remind all Australian Governments, Federal and State, of their commitment to addressing this issue with the release of the Royal Commission findings of 1991.

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The Issue

We the undersigned demand that the Australian Federal and State Governments respond immediately to the 'Deaths Inside: Indigenous Deaths in Custody'  database published in 'The Guardian', 28th August, 2018. We demand that Federal and State Governments condemn, in the strongest possible way, the systems (and their people) that allow and perpetrate this heinous racism and inhumanity. We demand that all Australian States and Territories take action to eradicate all forms of violence and discrimination against the Aboriginal peoples of Australia. We note 'more than 400 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in custody since the end of the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody in 1991' ('The Guardian' 28/08/2018) and remind all Australian Governments, Federal and State, of their commitment to addressing this issue with the release of the Royal Commission findings of 1991.

The Decision Makers

Scott Morrison
Federal Member for Cook
Bill Shorten
Shadow Minister for the NDIS and Government Services
Senator Richard Di Natale
Leader of the Australian Greens

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Petition created on 27 August 2018