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Lucy McCallum to replace retiring Helen Murrell as ACT Supreme Court chief justice

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Updated November 23 2021 - 6:22pm, first published 3:00pm
Justice Lucy McCallum, who will take on the ACT Supreme Court's top job next year. Picture: Karleen Minney
Justice Lucy McCallum, who will take on the ACT Supreme Court's top job next year. Picture: Karleen Minney

The ACT's next chief justice hopes to address the overrepresentation of Indigenous people behind bars, saying this "national tragedy" requires an approach that is not just "white people telling blackfellas what to do".

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Blake Foden was a court reporter at The Canberra Times.

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