“The Australian justice system was not designed to protect Aboriginal people. An illustration of this is the rising number of Aboriginal people dying in police custody. While this might look like a broken system, in reality it’s being executed in the way it was designed, to tear down and oppress Aboriginal people while it upholds white supremacy.”

“We’re having these conversations today because of the Victorian government’s failure to implement those recommendations back in the nineties,” said Ms Watson.

“If that law had been decriminalised back then our Mum could still be here today.”