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Latest news: Julie Tongs

ROGS: ACT Indigenous incarceration rates highest in Australia

Local Nicholas Fuller -
The ACT has the highest Indigenous imprisonment rate in the country, and it is rising yearly, according to the 2022–23 ROGS.

Watson health precinct open for public consultation

Local Newstime Media -
The Development Application for the $49 million Watson health precinct redevelopment is now open for public consultation.

Julie Tongs calls for inquiry into death in custody

Local Nicholas Fuller -
TJ Denniss, a Canberra Aboriginal man, took his own life in a NSW prison on the weekend. Julie Tongs wants an independent inquiry.

Without smokes, fire? Concerns over ACT’s tobacco-free prison policy

Local Nicholas Fuller -
Smoking will be banned in Canberra’s prison, the Alexander Maconochie Centre, by mid-year, but Julie Tongs OAM is worried.

ROGS: Indigenous overrepresentation in ACT justice system worsening

Local Nicholas Fuller -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are 20 times more likely to be in prison in the ACT than non-Indigenous people.

‘Time warp’: Winnunga critical of mental health reforms at AMC

Local Nicholas Fuller -
Julie Tongs is concerned the government's plan to fix "ineffective" mental health services at the AMC has tried and failed.

ACT’s $20M response to Aboriginal overincarceration ‘not enough’

Local Nicholas Fuller -
The ACT Government will spend more than $20 million to reduce Indigenous overincarceration - but it's too little, too late, Julie Tongs says.

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