Victoria’s child protection system is creating ‘new stolen generation’, Aboriginal leader says

Condemnation comes as the state's truth-telling inquiry, the Yoorrook Justice commission, prepares to hold hearings on the subject from Monday

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Aboriginal leaders say Victoria's culturally unsafe" child protection system is creating a new stolen generation", as the state's truth-telling inquiry prepares to hold hearings on the subject from Monday.

Last year, one in nine Aboriginal babies aged under one was taken away from their families by the state of Victoria, more than double the national average.

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