Western Australia’s child protection authorities are disproportionately removing children from Aboriginal families and placing them in out-of-home care.

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Human rights and rule of law are a foundation for growth and stability -- not a diversion from it

Human rights commissioner says David Crisafulli’s LNP government risking state’s international reputation with tough new youth crime laws Queensland’s human rights commissioner says the state’s new hardline youth crime laws – which could result in life sentences for children “who still have their baby teeth” – are evidence of a “society that has lost its way” The legislation will require the third override of the state Human Rights Act in two years. All three permitted the state to imprison more children in the youth justice system. Continue reading...