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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this website contains the names and images of people who have passed
That the State Coroner:
(a) provide advice on the process of notification to VALS following an Aboriginal death in custody since the Royal Commission
(b) in addition to the provision of notification of an Aboriginal death in custody to VALS, the death must also be immediately reported to the Director, Indigenous Issues Unit (now the Koori Justice Unit in DJCS)
(c) detail the processes involved in contacting families (Recommendations 21 and 22)
(d) provide a report to the Aboriginal Justice Forum on (a)-(c).
That the Victorian Government continue to implement and monitor Recommendation 20, Recommendation 21 (relating to the notification of a coronial inquest) and Recommendation 22 (relating to family representation at inquests) through any monitoring process established as a consequence of this Review.