Victoria to review child protection laws as minister apologises for removal of Indigenous children
by Adeshola Ore from on (#6BPRK)
Lizzie Blandthorn says giving parents two years to reform their lives before losing children is a blunt instrument'
Victoria will review laws that give struggling parents two years to reform their lives before permanently losing their children, after the state's child protection minister labelled the legislation a blunt instrument".
Lizzie Blandthorn appeared at the state's Indigenous truth-telling commission on Friday, where she delivered an apology for the harm caused by the removal of First Peoples' children in the state.
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