Better powers urged to help protect Indigenous children

Indigenous children's commissioners want independent powers to better carry out their work. (Neda Vanovac/AAP PHOTOS)

Authorities entrusted with providing younger Indigenous Australians with a voice say they desperately need powers enshrined in law to carry out their work.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children's commissioners have made a united call for greater powers at SNAICC '25, the national Indigenous children's conference.