Outcry 30 years on

Canberra: The 30th anniversary of a landmark report has seen politicians make pledges and advocates renew calls for urgent reforms to address Indigenous Australian deaths in custody.

More than 470 Indigenous lives have been lost in custody since the final report of the fouryear Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was tabled on April 15, 1991.

Raising the age of criminal responsibility is one key policy which experts say would address the high Indigenous incarceration numbers.

The nation’s attorneysgeneral are reportedly nearing consensus on raising it from 10 to 12.