▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children by 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Definition of the child: • review the Marriage Act 1961 (Cth) to eliminate any exception to the minimum age of marriage of 18 for girls and boys. Non-discrimination: • address disparities in access to services by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, children with disabilities, children in alternative care, asylum-seeking, refugee and migrant children, regularly evaluate the enjoyment by those children of their rights and prevent and combat discrimination • strengthen its awareness-raising and other preventative activities against discrimination, including through school curricula, and take affirmative action for the benefit of children affected. Best interests of the child: • ensure that procedures and criteria guiding persons in authority for determining the best interests of the child are coherent and consistently applied, and make publicly available all judicial and administrative judgments and decisions regarding children, specifying the criteria used to assess the best interests of the child. Right to life, survival and development: • effectively implement the National Injury Prevention Strategy 2018–2021, targeting the underlying causes of child deaths, and support the work of the Australian and New Zealand Child Death Review and Prevention Group. Respect for the views of the child: • amend the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) to provide all children, in accordance with their age and maturity, the opportunity to have their views heard in all matters concerning them, including in ‘non-court based family services’ • amend the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) to ensure respect for the views of the child at all stages of the migration process • provide training to the Independent Children’s Lawyers to ensure they have direct contact with the children they represent in Family Courts 43