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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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Bring Community Crime Prevention and Community Reintegration Support into the DFFH portfolio for 10-25 year olds. Shared responsibility between DJCS and DFFH will enable the creation of collaborative responses e.g. Youth Justice Community Support Service and Putting Families First (1).

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  1. We note the machinery of government change in 2017 which saw the youth justice system transferred from the Department of Health and Human Services (predecessor to DFFH) to the Department of Justice and Regulation (DOJR).