• Aboriginal physically restrained by hospital security staff in Townsville & handcuffed by police dies. Investigation? http://bit.ly/c4xJcY
• Police wanted to treat death of Aboriginal man as death in Care rather than in Custody even though he was handcuffed http://bit.ly/95Vw3E
• South Australia’s Aboriginal legal aid set to close regional offices. Receives only 1.5% of national funds http://bit.ly/9ZU1aU
• Birdwatchers banned from seeking Princess parrot in Aboriginal lands after many unauthorised entries http://bit.ly/aW5ss3
• Government employees, contractors and journalists will no longer need a permit to enter APY lands. Still need to notify http://bit.ly/9R6GFx

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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