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The fight to end Indigenous deaths in custody

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This chapter explores the events leading up to Australia's only Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody, including the major Aboriginal demonstrations during the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane in 1982, the broken promise of national uniform land rights legislation, and Prime Minister Bob Hawke's announcement of the royal commission.

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