This indigenous News Update contains more links to articles regarding the death of Mr Ward in the back of a prisoner transport vehicle on a 400km trip from Laverton to Kalgoorlie with outside temperatures in the mid forties (Celsius).
The coronial inquest into the death of Mr Ward was completed sometime ago. Here is a summary of news links at the end of this sorry story.
More links can be found here
- Croakey wants to know if media had any responsibility for Mr Ward’s death as did not hi-light poor transfer service http://bit.ly/luOXS
- Federal ALP release statement saying it is a tragic event. Release has a nice happy pic of Jenny Macklin http://bit.ly/2JwcDv
- Eric Ripper describes death in custody of Aboriginal elder Mr Ward as a great failings of the former Labor Government. http://bit.ly/xO4us
- ABC 4corners report on Mr Ward’s death and coronial inquiry http://bit.ly/C45y2
- ABC 4corners extended interviews on death of Aboriginal elder Mr Ward http://bit.ly/46vS2q
- Coroners report on death of Aboriginal elder Mr Ward http://bit.ly/7Q7lY
- 1000 people rally in Perth for justice of Mr Ward http://bit.ly/CqmSU
- Former WA minister accepts some responsibility for death of Aboriginal elder Mr Ward http://bit.ly/2wvqj
- Prisoner transport drivers defied orders in trip which Aboriginal man Mr Ward died http://bit.ly/OY4Lk
- Guard haunted by death of Aboriginal man during prisoner transport http://bit.ly/4tS1Ks
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- Discriminatory components of NT Intervention must be fixed now that Australia has supported UN Indigenous Rights http://bit.ly/gtGIX
- Last year Britain’s racial equality chief summed up Britain’s television as “hideously white” Is Australia the same? http://bit.ly/MISr
- Is the high homicide rate in Northern Territory not given full attention because many victims are Aboriginal people,? http://bit.ly/XQ7p
- Australian Constitution allows laws to be passed based on race http://bit.ly/XDWk
- Aboriginal people in custody who have to be moved long distances should be transported by air http://bit.ly/QpOsF
- RACISM in Adelaide’s schools and universities is stopping Aboriginal people getting a good education http://bit.ly/17xOP
The Indigenous News Updates are sourced from news and other articles from around the country that I have posted on Twitter.
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