Victoria’s treaty and First Peoples minister, Natalie Hutchins, has defended the government’s response to a report calling for an overhaul of the criminal justice and child protection systems at the state’s Yoorrook Justice Commission.
The report, by the Indigenous truth-telling commission, recommended creating a standalone First Nations child protection system, transferring decision-making powers for some elements of the criminal justice system. But the government’s response – which accepted four recommendations in full and 24 in-principle – sparked backlash from Indigenous groups.
