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First Nations call for increased water ownership of Murray-Darling river system

[Kath Sullivan and Clint Jasper, ABC]

First Nations groups say it is a national disgrace that almost no water in Australia's largest river system is owned by Aboriginal people and are calling on the Federal Government to deliver on a 2018 commitment to help traditional owners buy water.

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Aboriginal people keep dying in police custody - more than half are accused of a minor crime

[Aaron Fernandes, SBS]

Noongar woman Winnie Hayward is still coming to terms with the police chase that ended with her son and his best friend drowning in Perth’s Swan River in September 2018. 

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