Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been urged to convene national cabinet to address First Nations deaths in custody and incarceration, as justice leaders, experts and community voices met in Alice Springs. Their discussions will include a focus on what children’s commissioners are calling the "disturbing erosion of hard-won safeguards intended to shield Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from institutional harm" across Australia. The two-day annual meeting, organised by the Justice Reform Initiative (JRI), follows a series of changes around the country to youth justice, bail and policing pitched at community safety, which advocates say disproportionately affect First Nations adults and children.
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