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An End of Decade View of the Royal Commission Recommendations into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody April 1991/April 2001 In late 1987 the Hawke Government finally relented and called for the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. 124 deaths were presented to the Commissioners but they only investigated 99 which occurred between 1980 – 1989. Not
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The Nagle Royal Commission Report has been digitised for the first time and is here available. The fact that it has not been available is proof that those who were condemned by Justice Nagle for their “brutality and savagery” were never held responsible and are still in charge. The lack of safety for those in the
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