Submission – Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (Child Protection System)

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Summary

The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation that provides culturally safe legal and community justice services to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people across Victoria.

This submission provides extensive recommendations related to: child protection, community and culture; self-determination and governance of the child protection system; child protection and the criminalisation of Aboriginal children; and workforce and resourcing within the child protection system.

Date: 28 November 2022