Labor finally lines up to face its indigenous disgrace
Labor finally lines up to face its indigenous disgrace
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Emerson pointed out that “First Nations’ children in the ACT are 12.5 times more likely to be in out-of-home care, First Nations young people are 14 times more likely to be in youth detention, and First Nations adults are 22.7 times more likely to be incarcerated”.
What won't help the situation is not removing children from abusive situations or making the already lenient ACT court system even more so.
Ultimately what is needed to make a real difference is for the families involved to make sure their children get through school and stay out of trouble. If you can get through to year 12 and don't have a criminal history the public service (and many of the supporting businesses) would love to employ people with Aboriginal heritage, the ACT is not like living out in Woop Woop where there's nothing for kids to do. If we must dump money into special programs I think a reward for familes with children who have above average school attendance and grades would be a better use than trying to create separate treatment in the court system.