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UN Alarmed at Number of Indigenous Kids in Care System

UN Alarmed at Number of Indigenous Kids in Care System
Local children play stick ball on a street in Aurukun, far North Queensland, Cape York, on July 19, 2022. AAP Image/Jono Searle
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5/3/2024|Updated: 5/3/2024
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Too many Aboriginal kids are coming into contact with the criminal justice system and being removed from their families in Western Australia (WA), according to an international human rights delegation.

The United Nations (UN) Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has made a series of recommendations to the WA government, following a visit to Perth, Albany, and Geraldton in October, at the invitation of the Noongar Family Safety and Wellbeing Council.

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