The motion passed with the support of all non-government Senators.
Independent senator Lidia Thorpe's motion for the Attorney-General to provide quarterly reports on deaths in custody has passed the Senate. The reports will have to detail, by state and territory, the number of deaths in custody, including breakdown by age groups and cause of death; ongoing coronial inquests; incidents of self-harm in custodial settings; and miscarriages and stillbirths in custodial settings.
There have been 15 Blak deaths in custody since the beginning of the year. Just last month, a second teenager took their own life while in custody at Banksia Hill Detention Centre. Minister for Finance Katy Gallgaher spoke on behalf of the Labor government, opposing the motion. Minister Gallagher mentioned the real-time deaths in custody dashboard available on the Australian Institute of Criminology's website. "This important transparency measure is already in place.
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