Mr Ward's widow Nancy (pictured) will receive the payment over her husband's death in custody
Family awarded $3.2m over van death
July 29, 2010 14:42:00
The West Australian Government has awarded $3.2 million to the immediate family of an Aboriginal elder who died in custody in 2008.
Mr Ward died of heatstroke after being driven hundreds of kilometres from Laverton to Kalgoorlie in the back of a prison transport van in soaring temperatures.
The family of an Aboriginal elder who died after being transported in a prison van has been awarded a $3.2 million ex-gratia payment.
The Myall Creek massacre site, near Inverell, may soon be listed on the State Heritage Register.
An Aboriginal corporation in Carnarvon, which has been defunct for two years, has been placed under special administration.
A training centre for Aboriginal students on Yorke Peninsula is being opened at Point Pearce.
An Aboriginal group in Walgett is planning to build a memorial garden to bury the remains of local ancestors that are currently in a Sydney museum.
Organisers of a campaign to stamp out petrol sniffing in the Indigenous community of Cherbourg in Queensland's South Burnett region say it is beginning to show results.
The Victorian Government has introduced legislation into Parliament that could take native title resolution out of the Federal Court.
The framework would allow Indigenous groups to settle with the Government out of court, if they drop current native title claims and agree not to lodge future claims.
A national leader in child protection says the problem of children sexually abusing other children is not new, and is not confined to remote Indigenous communities.
The Senior Public Defender in New South Wales has told a sentencing forum in Tamworth, the criminal justice system would operate more efficiently if more resources were directed to the Aboriginal Legal Service.
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