Youth bail laws in WA & Frontier War histories

Monday, 12 May 2025 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died, and discussion of Deaths in Custody. 

First up on the show , marisa Interviews Marianne Mackay First nations activist provides updates and much needed commentary on what's happening in Western Australia with youth and bail laws. They discuss incarceration and criminalisation of youth.

Next, Marisa crosses over to Queensland to speak with Boe Spearim, podcaster with Frontier War Stories, who has done some excellent radio episodes on first nations content, particularly on Massacres. They discuss Native police, historial context and link it to the present and deaths in custody, and how police brutality has contributed to genocide and colonization.