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Australian Governments should resource Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander organisations to prevent and respond to family violence and its
impacts on children.
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Australian Governments should prioritise prevention and early intervention
programs to reduce the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
children entering child protection systems, and remove barriers to sustained
reunification of children with their families, by strengthening services and
supports leading up to and post-reunification.
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Australian Governments should ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
voices are present at all levels of policy and practice decision making in
relation to child protection interventions.
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Australian Governments should invest in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
specific programs in early childhood education and care, school attendance
and retention, and literacy and numeracy.
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Australian Governments should invest in the teaching and maintenance of
Indigenous languages in schools.
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Australian Governments should:
o identify and remove barriers for young offenders accessing
diversionary programs, in particular for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander children
o establish a national, holistic and whole of government strategy to
address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment rates
o commit to introducing national justice targets for Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander adults and children as part of the Closing the Gap
Refresh.
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