Sentences with phrase «territory juvenile justice system»

NSW Aboriginal Land Council Chair Roy Ah - See said Bill Leak's cartoon — based on the Royal Commission into the shocking mistreatment of children in the Northern Territory juvenile justice system — insulted and denigrated Aboriginal people.

However she was hopeful at prospects for next year's targets given a new spirit of engagement and cooperation from the Federal Government over the past six months, mostly since the announcement of the Royal Commission into abuses in the Northern Territory juvenile justice system.

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The Lowitja Institute welcomes the swift action by the Federal Government in announcing a Royal Commission into Northern Territory juvenile detention in response to the brutal treatment of children detained in the Northern Territory criminal justice system, aired in the ABC Four Corners program on Monday 25 July.

The individuals and organisations releasing statements yesterday were in favour of a wide - ranging examination of the NT Juvenile Justice system, with some, including the Change the Record coalition, the National Family Violence Prevention Legal Services and the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) pointing out that the problems were not confined to one Australian Territory, and the Commission should lead to a national examination of both the conditions of juvenile detention and the factors playing into the unacceptably high number of Indigenous children and youth inJuvenile Justice system, with some, including the Change the Record coalition, the National Family Violence Prevention Legal Services and the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) pointing out that the problems were not confined to one Australian Territory, and the Commission should lead to a national examination of both the conditions of juvenile detention and the factors playing into the unacceptably high number of Indigenous children and youth injuvenile detention and the factors playing into the unacceptably high number of Indigenous children and youth in prison.

Ms Mundine said that while the commission's inquiry related specifically to the Northern Territory, there is ample evidence that reforms are urgently needed across juvenile justice systems Australia - wide.