VACCHO and the Balit Durn Durn Centre submitted a response to the Human Rights Commission’s call for Youth Justice reform across Australia.

Some key recommendations we made in the submission include:

• Invest in early years and families to reduce the number of children in Out of Home Care
• Ensure ongoing connection to Culture, Community and Aboriginal Community-Controlled services
• Provide a health-based therapeutic response to issues arising rather than detention
• Reduce racial bias in systems
• End child detention