The children who live at the Parkville Youth Justice Precinct in Melbourne are in state care. In a way, we are all their parents – we have a duty of care to them. It is our voting power, our voices, our interest and our considerations that determine what happens to them. As it stands, we are failing them. Over the several years of my work in youth justice, including at
Four people who allegedly murdered Indigenous schoolboy Cassius Turvey face court on all the charges they are facing. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains an image of a person who has died.