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Each state and territory needs an independent commissioner dedicated to Indigenous children, advocates say, urging governments to "be bold".

Australia's first National Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People has been appointed, tasked with elevating the voices of Indigenous kids.

Victoria's First Peoples minister has defended her government after being criticised for inaction on key recommendations from a truth-telling inquiry.

The Yoorrook Justice Commission has shifted its focus to investigating injustice in education, health and housing systems.

Yoorrook report says Indigenous children ‘can be in a pipeline to the justice system before being born’

While some US states are making prison phone calls free, a 12-minute phone call from a Victorian prison can cost more than a prisoner's wages for the day.

Internal police reports on systemic racism and confidential ministerial briefings on bail reform are among the thousands of documents the state government is withholding from Victoria's Indigenous truth-telling inquiry.

Condemnation comes as the state’s truth-telling inquiry, the Yoorrook Justice Commission, prepares to hold hearings on the subject

Members of the Indigenous, legal and political communities are uniting behind efforts to raise the state's criminal age of responsibility to 14.