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Indigenous News Update – Mr Ward

by Robbo on 05/08/2009

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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Indigenous News Update

by Robbo on 14/03/2009

The following all links going to articles on the death of Mr Ward as he was transported over 400kms by a private prisoner transport company in the back of a vehicle (a steel lockup) without working air-conditioning with the temperatures in the mid 40C.

  • Inquest into Mr Ward’s death heard he had core body temp of 41.7C despite cooling him with ice and water for 20mins http://bit.ly/HdkZP

  • Mr Ward was being transported by private prisoner transport firm GSL when he died in back of vehicle . http://bit.ly/HdkZP

  • Mr Ward was transferred in a 4hr journey, temperature was mid 40C, no aircon in vehicle and prisoner not checked? http://bit.ly/141uSh

  • Mr Ward was a cultural elder despite “young age”. 46 is pretty old for an aboriginal man. Bloody whitefella reporting http://bit.ly/QWulW

  • Prisoner tansport van must be destroyed – Warburton Community http://bit.ly/QWulW

(Disclaimer: I knew Mr Ward)

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