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Mother of Steven Nixon found out son died via Facebook
Dr Raelene Nixon was told her son Steven Nixon had died via Facebook, after Queensland police took hours to confirm his death in custody.
Nixon says:
He died in one of the most violent, atrocious ways that any 27-year-old could die.
“choke this cunt out” – a Queensland police officer was heard saying as they tried to arrest an Aboriginal man in 2021.
They did. And he died at the scene.https://t.co/cTThS9yxSt
— Antoun Issa (@antissa) July 2, 2023
You can read the full feature by our Indigenous affairs editor Lorena Allam here:
Dr Raelene Nixon was told her son had died via Facebook – after Queensland police took hours to confirm his death in custodyRead moreUpdated at 20.24 EDT15m ago20.11 EDTJosh Taylor
The prime minister’s department defends handling of FoI into Morrison’s bushfire texts
The prime minister’s department (PM&C), which bears responsibility for processing freedom of information requests sent to the prime minister’s office, has had a complaint against the department upheld over its handling of an FoI into the then-prime minister Scott Morrison’s text messages around the bushfires at the end of 2019.
At the time, Morrison was on holiday in Hawaii, and once his holiday had been revealed, he defended the trip by saying he was receiving updates on the situation, indicating they’d been texted or sent via message. Guardian Australia sought messages sent to the prime minister under FoI, sending the request to PM&C.
PM&C interpreted “sent to the prime minister” as a request the department would need to deal with rather than the prime minister’s office, despite the request specifying the prime minister directly.
The acting freedom of information commissioner, Toni Pirani, said in a decision released on Friday that the department “did not engage in practices appropriate to advancing the objects of the FoI Act”.
The department defended its handling of the request, saying there were no written guidelines on whether a request should be transferred to the PM’s office. Pirani has recommended that the department develop such policies and procedures.
Updated at 20.21 EDT27m ago19.59 EDT
Belgian woman still missing in Tasmania
It has now been a week since Belgian woman Celine Cremer was reported missing.
Tasmania Police Search and Rescue, with Tasmania State Emergency Service, conducted further ground searches yesterday. They focused on a track offset search of Butlers Road.
Cremer’s white Honda CRV was found in the car park of the Philosopher Falls walking…
2023-07-02 19:54:48
Link from www.theguardian.com
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