Indigenous leader who runs social programs wants tougher consequences for parents of young offenders

Des Hill has spent decades working in a variety of Indigenous organisations in Kununurra. (ABC News: Erin Parke)

The boss of an outback Indigenous group which runs social programs for families and young people wants police and child protection workers to come down harder on parents of children who roam the streets at night committing crimes.

Leaders of the main Aboriginal organisations in Kununurra, the local shire, and its chamber of commerce have written a crisis letter to the Western Australian government with a list of urgent considerations around how youth crime was tackled in the community.