Co-chair of Victoria’s First Peoples’ Assembly says ‘we can’t wait until 2024 for a state-wide treaty and then begin negotiations on this work’
“We can’t wait until 2024 for a state-wide treaty and then begin negotiations on this work. This work needs to start now,” she told the inquiry.Atkinson said the assembly would seek an interim agreement with the Andrews government and Aboriginal-controlled community organisations to reform child protection policy. She said the assembly could lead and coordinate the overhaul.handing down its recommendations.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup In a submission to the inquiry, the assembly said immediate solutions for the child protection system include allocating family support services to Indigenous families and making the kinship care payments equal to the foster care allowances, to better ensure families were kept together.
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