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Deaths in Custody database will help ensure transparency

Supporters hold a banner protesting about Black Deaths in Custody at a rally in Sydney on July 5, 2020

The campaign against black deaths in custody in Australia has received more attention since the death of George Floyd in the US. Source: AAP

For the first time, around 800 coroners’ inquest reports from the different states and territories have made searchable in the one database.



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