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barriers to sustained reunification of children with their families by
strengthening services and supports leading up to and post-reunification.
Recommendation 29: The Australian Government introduces legal protections
to prevent sterilisation of children with disability without consent.
Recommendation 30: The Australian Government releases the National Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Strategy 2018–2028.
Recommendation 31: The Australian Government expands and funds the
delivery of child targeted mental health and other necessary support services.
Recommendation 32: The Australian Government develops a national poverty
reduction plan that explicitly focuses on children.
Recommendation 33: Australian Governments improve exit planning and
supports for young people leaving out-of-home care, including consideration of
increasing the age of leaving out-of-home care.
Recommendation 34: The Australian Government funds Aboriginal controlled
organisations and, where appropriate, their partners, to develop and implement
a comprehensive sexual health education strategy.
Recommendation 35: Australian Governments commit to the National Quality
Framework and support the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality
Authority on an ongoing basis.
Recommendation 36: Australian Governments invest in Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander specific programs in early childhood education and care.
Recommendation 37: The Australian Government in its Nationally Consistent
Collection of Data on School Students with Disability includes children that do not
qualify for support or do not have access to mainstream schools.
Recommendation 38: The Australian Government commissions an investigation
into the use of restrictive practices in Australian schools and strategies to
promote inclusive education for children with disability.
Recommendation 39: The Australian Government raises awareness of the
status and importance of Indigenous languages.
Recommendation 40: The Australian Government amends the Migration Act
1958 (Cth) to forbid placing children in closed immigration detention other than
for preliminary medical, security and identity assessments.
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