The federal government’s “entirely untrue” response to calls for an urgent national youth justice summit has been slammed as ignoring legal advice.
This week, more than 200 lawyers, academics, advocates and Indigenous organisations signed an open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, urging him to treat the mass over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children as a national emergency.
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When the advice was obtained last year, Justice and Equity Centre CEO Jonathon Hunyor said: “This advice makes clear that the Commonwealth has the power to keep our children safe — it is now up to the Prime Minister and his government to make it happen.”
