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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adeshola Ore

‘Great shame’: Daniel Andrews highlights injustice over Indigenous children in care and justice system

Victorian premier Daniel Andrews
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews says the government is responsible for ensuring racism and injustice are confronted and addressed. Photograph: Diego Fedele/AAP

Daniel Andrews has expressed his government’s “great shame” regarding the overrepresentation of First Nations children in Victoria’s child protection and criminal justice systems, saying racism and injustice need to be “confronted and addressed”.

In a statement representing the strongest language the premier has used about the removal of Indigenous children from Victorian families, Andrews acknowledged that discrimination against First Nations people persisted today.

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