Indigenous disadvantage does not diminish over time, High Court rules - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

2.10.13

Indigenous disadvantage does not diminish over time, High Court rules - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Bugmy's aunt Julie travelled to Canberra for the hearing. She told the ABC she hoped any reduction in her nephew's sentence would set a precedent. "The outcome I'm hoping will be for all Aboriginal people," Ms Bugmy said. "It's not just about William and growing up in Wilcannia. "You've got the Aboriginal disadvantage: it's there for health, work, employment - there's no employment." A separate case brought by a West Australian man, Ernest Munda, was not successful because the High Court found his original sentence, of just over five years' jail for manslaughter, was manifestly inadequate. Munda, who was convicted of bashing his wife to death at Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia in 2010, had his sentence increased to almost eight years.