This report prepared by KPMG evaluates the '5 Custody Notification Services (CNS) that are funded under the Australian Government's Indigenous Advancement Strategy'. 'The CNS provide a telephone-based service that is intended to deliver an independent, culturally appropriate health and wellbeing check, along with basic legal information, to any First Nations person entering police custody'.

An outcome of the report is that, while the CNS is a necessary tool required to support outcomes for Indigenous Australians in police custody (and was effective in this respect), greater resources are needed to continue to substantially improve outcomes.