Asylum-seeking, refugee and migrant children: • amend the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946 (Cth) to create an independent guardian for children • amend the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) to prohibit the detention of asylum seekers, refugee and migrant children • amend the Migration and Maritime Powers Act to ensure respect for nonrefoulement obligations • enact legislation prohibiting the detention of children and their families in regional processing countries • ensure the best interests of the child are a primary consideration in all decisions and agreements in relation to the reallocation of asylum-seeking, refugee or migrant children within Australia or to other countries • ensure children who were detained in regional processing countries have access to adequate child protection, education and health services, including mental health • implement durable solutions including financial and other support for all refugee and migrant children to ensure their early rehabilitation, reintegration and sustainable resettlement • introduce adequate mechanisms for monitoring the wellbeing of children involved in asylum, refugee and migration processes. Indigenous children: • ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their communities are meaningfully involved in the planning, implementation and evaluation of policies concerning them • ensure that the Joint Council on Closing the Gap established in March 2019 has a clear mandate and the necessary resources to function effectively. Administration of child justice: • raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to an internationally accepted level and make it conform with the upper age of 14 at which doli incapax applies • immediately implement the 2018 recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission to reduce the high rate of indigenous incarceration • explicitly prohibit the use of isolation and force, including physical restraints, as a means of coercion/discipline of children under supervision • promptly investigate all cases of abuse and maltreatment of children in detention and adequately sanction the perpetrators • actively promote non-judicial measures, such as diversion, mediation and counselling, for children accused of criminal offences and, wherever possible, the use of non-custodial sentences, such as probation or community service 48