Ms. Dhu

Description

In 2014, a 22-year-old woman was taken into custody for unpaid fines in Western Australia. Less than 48 hours later, she was dead. It took 6 years and a lot of work on the part of her family to even make a dent in the policies that led to her death. But will these changes be enough?

Read more on the societal issues surrounding Ms. Dhu’s death https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320438109_Justice_for_Ms_Dhu_Accounting_for_Indigenous_Deaths_in_Custody_in_Australia

Learn more about confronting your own racism https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/

Credits

Researched, written, hosted, and edited by Charlie Worroll

Music by Scott Buckley

Cover art by Lars Hacking, host of Rusty Hinges podcast

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Sources

Internet

• http://www.coronerscourt.wa.gov.au/_files/dhu%20finding.pdf

• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-17/wa-unpaid-fines-reforms-pass-wa-parliament-after-ms-dhu-death/12357888

• https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/people/mourning-an-aboriginal-death

• https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/feature/paying-her-life-justice-julieka-dhu

• https://www.alsnswact.org.au/what_is_cns

• https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2019/10/Custody-Notification-Service-now-operational-in-Western-Australia.aspx#:~:text=Custody%20Notification%20Service%20now%20operational%20in%20Western%20Australia,-2%2F10%2F2019&text=A%20Custody%20Notification%20Service%20(CNS,now%20operational%20in%20Western%20Australia.

• https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2019/09/24/aboriginal-unpaid-fines-western-australia

Newspapers

• Klippmark, Pauline & Crawley, Karen. (2017). Justice for Ms Dhu: Accounting for Indigenous Deaths in Custody in Australia. Social & Legal Studies. 27. 096466391773441. 10.1177/0964663917734415.