Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in New South Wales are less likely to enter drug diversion programs than non-Indigenous people.

New data released by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research shows only nine per cent of eligible Indigenous people were referred to the state's Early Drug Diversion Initiative.

The figure for non-Indigenous people was much higher at 25 per cent.

Other Highlights:
Widjabul Wia-bul Bundjalung elder Rhoda Roberts AO has been farewelled this week in Lismore.
Concerns remain for mob in Doomadgee which has been cut off by flooding since December.
New research has found thylacines may have roamed mainland Australia more recently than first thought.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in New South Wales are less likely to enter drug diversion programs than non-Indigenous people.
New data released by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research shows only nine per cent of eligible Indigenous people were referred to the state's Early Drug Diversion Initiative.
The figure for non-Indigenous people was much higher at 25 per cent.
Other Highlights:
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<li>Widjabul Wia-bul Bundjalung elder Rhoda Roberts AO has been farewelled this week in Lismore.</li>
<li>Concerns remain for mob in Doomadgee which has been cut off by flooding since December.</li>
<li>New research has found thylacines may have roamed mainland Australia more recently than first thought.</li>
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