Smart Justice for Young People

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we operate, the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung and Bunurong Peoples of the Kulin Nation. We extend this acknowledgement to all First Nations’ Peoples and pay our respects to their Elders past and present and acknowledge sovereignty was never ceded.

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Amend the CYFA (Children, Youth and Families Act 2005) to acknowledge the systemic and intersectional drivers of the over-representation of particular youth cohorts in the criminal justice system, including children in out-of-home residential care and require decision-makers to take active steps to redress and reduce this over-representation when exercising its powers in relation to procedural and substantive matters.