First Nations groups reject Peter Dutton’s call for royal commission into child abuse
by Sarah Collard from World news | The Guardian on (#6FQES)
More than 100 community Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations say safety of Indigenous children should not be politicised'
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More than a hundred First Nations advocacy groups and organisations have banded together to oppose Peter Dutton's calls for a royal commission into the abuse of Indigenous children, accusing the opposition of political point-scoring" and demonising" communities.
The opposition leader and his shadow Indigenous Australians minister, the senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, have repeatedly pushed for a royal commission into alleged child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities.
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