The National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, with a First Nations leader, will begin work in January.
A new national champion for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children will be tasked with elevating their voices and reducing the number of Indigenous kids in out of home care and detention, the government has announced. The National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People will begin work in January.
"That means that we are genuinely holding the system to account and we are genuinely committing to putting in place what we need to ensure that children are protected, that families are strong. "What a national commissioner can do is work along incredible recommendations like that to ensure that everyone is looking at how they might also lift ...
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