A commission into Queensland’s youth justice system reveals Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander children are overrepresented in juvenile detention.
The report reveals while Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children accounted for seven per cent of the total population of ten to seventeen-year-olds in Queensland, they made up forty-five per cent of young offenders in 2018-19.
The head of Queensland's Family and Child Commission is calling for a new approach to youth justice developed in consultation with the local community