Lidia Thorpe (Victoria, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Minister Gallagher. Two weeks ago your government announced it will establish a National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People to help finally achieve progress under Closing the Gap. Target 12 under Closing the Gap concerns removal of First Nations children. The solutions on how to reduce child removals were presented in the 1997 Bringing them home report. Currently no entity holds responsibility for overviewing the implementation of the report recommendations. Is the new commissioner intended to be responsible for this overview?