Systemic racism persists in Victorian child protection system, Yoorrook Justice Commission hears
by Adeshola Ore from World news | The Guardian on (#6B6YF)
Department representative acknowledges bias and racism amid shamefully high rates' of removal of Indigenous children
Victoria's department of families has conceded systemic racism persists in the child protection system, with a senior bureaucrat telling the state's truth-telling commission of a desire for Indigenous organisations to lead its work.
The nation-leading Yoorrook Justice Commission has begun hearing testimony from government witnesses, and has heard no single department is responsible for reducing the number of Indigenous children in the out of home care system.
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