A police officer has admitted her actions towards a dying Aboriginal woman in police custody showed no compassion or professionalism, and were inhumane. Police officer says her sergeant was frustrated ...

Ms. Dhu was a 22-year-old Yamatji woman who died in custody in the South Hedland Police Station in August 2014. Arrested for unpaid fines, she was already suffering from pneumonia and septicaemia ...

Coroner catalogues ‘unprofessional and inhumane’ treatment but stops short of apportioning blame for individual or systemic disregard shown to Dhu On page 88 of the findings on the death in custody of ...

A coronial inquest into the death of a 22-year-old Aboriginal woman who died in police custody resumes in Western Australia this week. Here’s what you need to know about the case so far. Carol Roe, Ms ...

The partner of an Aboriginal woman who died in custody has told a West Australian inquest that police failed to take her pain seriously, blaming her desperate cries on drugs and mental health issues.

Expert tells inquest into Yamatji woman’s death in custody that institutionalised racism likely ‘coloured the way’ she was treated by doctors two days before her death Doctors who declared Aboriginal ...