• Australian Governments should resource Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations to prevent and respond to family violence and its impacts on children. • 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. • 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. • 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. • Australian Governments should invest in the teaching and maintenance of Indigenous languages in schools. • 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. 38

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