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Jacynta Krakouer, Aboriginal Enterprise Fellow, Australian Centre for Child Protection, Adelaide University

Western Australia is experiencing a child safety crisis. Here’s what would help

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One of Australia’s most resource-rich regions, South Hedland in Western Australia, sits alongside a mining industry generating enormous wealth. This is in stark contrast to persistent social and economic disadvantage affecting parts of the local community, particularly among Aboriginal residents.

Much of this disadvantage has made headlines recently. Multiple media outlets are reporting a child safety crisis has emerged in the area.

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