An Aboriginal woman's newborn baby was ripped from her arms soon after giving birth while in prison. Heather Calgaret died in custody in November 2021 after given an inappropriately prescribed injectable opioid substitution. Video via AAP.
00:00I hope they just have learned from this, because it's taken my sister's life, my mum's daughter's life, my brother's and sister's life, for this to be aware.
00:13And that should better be the case?
00:15Yeah.
00:15With the coroner putting forward those recommendations, does that provide you and your family any comfort at all, or is there still this scepticism there?
00:23Well, as I said, there's a reason now for her passing, and that reason has been justified by the outcome, but it doesn't change, it doesn't bring her back here.
00:38Are you hopeful that it will save other lives?
