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George Brandis: “Indigenous incarceration rates is national tragedy’

Tim Costello at the National Press Club

Tim Costello at the National Press Club Source: Tim Costello at the National Press Club (AAP)

The Federal Government has announced an inquiry into the deepening over-representation of Indigenous Australians in the country's prison system. Attorney-General George Brandis has described Indigenous incarceration rates as a national tragedy. The move follows calls for a royal commission into the Northern Territory juvenile-justice system.



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