First Nations people should have power over child protection decisions in Victoria, truth-telling inquiry says

The Yoorrook truth-telling commission has called on the Victorian government to give First Peoples the decision-making power in the child protection system. Photograph: kieferpix/Getty Images/iStockphoto

First Nations Victorians should be given the power to make decisions over the potential removal of Indigenous children from their families as part of a shake-up of the child protection system recommended by the Yoorrook truth-telling commission.

The Australia-first inquiry on Monday published its second interim report, which looked at injustices faced by Indigenous Victorians in the child protection and criminal justice systems.