First Nations people should have power over child protection decisions in Victoria, truth-telling inquiry says

Yoorrook report says Indigenous children ‘can be in a pipeline to the justice system before being born’

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First Nations Victorians should be given the power to make decisions over the potential removal of Indigenous children from their families as part of a shake-up of the child protection system recommended by the Yoorrook truth-telling commission.

The Australia-first inquiry on Monday published its second interim report, which looked at injustices faced by Indigenous Victorians in the child protection and criminal justice systems.

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