Indigenous deaths in custody have received just a fraction of the media coverage of the death of an elderly prince| Paul Daley

Submitted by Paul Daley on Wed, 14/04/2021 - 2:39pm

Next time you’re urged to ponder how far we’ve come as a nation, remember the 474 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died in custody

If every life is equal, so too is every death.

Of course, this proposition is laughable. Not least in Australia, where the long arm of colonisation reaches far into the federation and its continued oppression and maltreatment of First Nations people.