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Wednesday 19 November 2014

Tuesday 18 November 2014

Saturday 15 November 2014

Indigenous over-representation in custody (%)
Indigenous persons as a percentage of total population Indigenous persons as a percentage of total juvenile detention population Indigenous persons as a percentage of total adult prison population
New South Wales 2.3 48.6 22.1
Victoria 0.7 10.8 6.3
Queensland 3.6 52.9 30.0
Western Australia 3.3 68.0 38.5
South Australia 1.9 41.0 23.9
Tasmania 4.0 20.0 12.4
Northern Territory 30.3 96.9 82.3
Australian Capital Territory 1.3 47.6 16.2
Australia 2.5 46.2 26.1

(source: Australian Institute of Criminology, May 2013)

Wednesday 12 November 2014

When they were asked why the wall of tower blocks were to be built by Burgess Park but not by Dulwich Park, they answered "Dulwich is completely different". Yes,  Dulwich is completely different because it is full of very rich powerful people who would never allow their community to be bulldozed or their park to be destroyed like this

- Donnachadh McCarthy, Southwark News, Thursday 11 September 2014