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A New South Wales coroner criticizes changes to health screening policies for Indigenous prisoners, following the death of a Yuin man in Silverwater prison. Gregory Merriman, a descendant of a revered Yuin leader, died of a heart attack despite not receiving a required chronic disease check. The coroner, Harriet Grahame, warns that updated rules could let health issues slip by, contributing to the wide Indigenous health gaps. She urges better first aid protocols for tear gas exposure and highlights the systemic crisis in the justice system, with a record number of Indigenous custody deaths and a rise in Aboriginal prisoners.

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