Guardian AustraliaManslaughter David Dungay: manslaughter or assault charges over death in custody are 'viable', barrister says Australia News - Lorena AllamA leading criminal barrister believes there is “sufficient force in the evidence” about the cause of David Dungay Jr’s death in 2015 to make a prosecution for manslaughter or assault of the guards involved
Guardian AustraliaIndigenous Peoples Aboriginal heritage: Gomeroi elders attack 'useless' law after Shenhua mine setback Australia News - Lorena AllamAboriginal heritage laws are “just useless” and work against the protection of sacred sites, according to the Gomeroi traditional custodians whose lands are in the path of the proposed Shenhua coalmine
Guardian AustraliaCultural Heritage Gomeroi custodians lose bid to protect sacred sites from NSW Shenhua coalmine Australia News - Lorena AllamThe Gomeroi people have lost their legal bid to protect significant areas of Aboriginal cultural heritage within the footprint of the Shenhua Watermark open-cut coalmine on the Liverpool Plains in north-west
Guardian AustraliaFood Insecurity 'Disgusting' prices and mouldy fruit: the shocking allegations about Indigenous Australians' food supply Australia News - Lorena AllamAllegations of “disgusting” overpricing, mouldy fruit supplies and shelves filled with sugar in remote community stores have surfaced this week, while experts report that 43% of Aboriginal people in remote
Guardian AustraliaFood Insecurity 'Lack of money': 43% of Aboriginal people in remote communities have gone without food in past year Australia News - Lorena AllamA national inquiry into food security in remote Aboriginal communities has heard that poverty is the single greatest contributor to food insecurity, and that raising income is essential to stop people
