New protections for Indigenous Australians before forensic tests

By Michael Inman
Updated April 23 2018 - 10:24pm, first published August 13 2015 - 9:04pm

New laws will require police to notify the Aboriginal Legal Service before asking an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person to consent to a forensic procedure.

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