Indigenous children's advocates and medical bodies criticise a call from the Coalition for a royal commission into child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities, arguing the issue should not be politicised.
Indigenous children's advocates and medical bodies have criticised a call from the Coalition for a royal commission into child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities, arguing the issue should not be politicised.That has met widespread opposition from indigenous children's advocates and medical bodiesSome have gone further and suggested the calls play into negative perceptions of Indigenous people and communities.
"This prime minister doesn't see it as a priority for this parliament to call for a royal commission to understand what is happening, to have such a significant prevalence of child sexual abuse within Indigenous communities," he said."Where it's not taking place, where the elders are stepping up, where the leadership is being provided in those communities — let's replicate that into other communities where that is not the case.
"These calls for a royal commission into the sexual abuse of Aboriginal children have been made without one shred of real evidence being presented. The controversial intervention was launched by the Howard government in 2007, in response to media reporting and a public inquiry looking into child sexual abuse."There is a pattern to the opposition leader's words," she said."He is not interested in substance or developing policy."
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