Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo, Nick Xenophon Team) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. On 17 November at the handing down of the report into the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory, Minister Scullion stated that the government would develop a response not only for the Northern Territory but every jurisdiction in Australia. Considering that young Indigenous people are 27 times more likely to be in prison than non-Indigenous young people and that we are hearing allegations of abuse similar to those at Don Dale across Australia, urgent action is needed. Will you reaffirm the government's commitment to national leadership on youth justice and detail when the government will action of findings of the royal commission? I acknowledge Amnesty International are here today and they are eager, as I am, for your reply.

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