The ACT Government has committed to establish a Board of Inquiry, effectively a royal commission, to investigate systemic issues surrounding Aboriginal deaths in the Alexander Maconochie Centre.
ROD HENSHAW catches up with a Canberra character, the irrepressible Pat Seears, these days the high-flying king of workwear, but it wasn't always like this…
Independent MLA Thomas Emerson will bring a motion to the ACT Legislative Assembly backing community calls for the ACT government to launch a Board of Inquiry into the treatment of Aboriginal people in the AMC.
Prison staff response to a suspected opioid overdose at the Alexander Maconochie Centre was "below optimal", given the life-threatening nature of the incident, according to a review by the ACT’s Custodial Inspector, Rebecca Minty.