George Brandis announces inquiry into Indigenous incarceration 'national tragedy'

By Jane Lee, Fergus Hunter
Updated October 27 2016 - 5:18pm, first published 3:02pm
Attorney-General George Brandis maintains the new restrictions are legal.
 Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Attorney-General George Brandis maintains the new restrictions are legal. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Senators Malarndirri McCarthy and Pat Dodson question Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion during Senate estimates last week.  Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Senators Malarndirri McCarthy and Pat Dodson question Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion during Senate estimates last week. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The government has announced that the Australian Law Reform Commission will investigate the Indigenous incarceration crisis, which Attorney-General George Brandis has described as a "national tragedy".

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