Arrente woman Celeste Liddle believes that fear is winning the day in the Voice referendum discussion and that a process of truth telling first could have achieved a different result. Pip Hinman and Ruth Heymann report.
defendants are not entitled to legal representation and there are no limits on the amount of time that we have in custody. we are lacking this morning to have one of the directors here with us. her name is emma wall. emma, good morning. thank you so much for taking the time. i wanted to ask you straight out of the gate what about this story, these lawyers in particular, inspired you to be able to create this documentary? thank you, so much, for having me this morning. i think at the time that we started this film, my co-director and i, it was 2019. it was really just on the heels of the muslim ban. the zero tolerance policy separating children at the border. as a child psychiatrist, initially, by training i felt so outraged, like so many others, i think. reading these help lines and feeling hopeless and helpless. what could be possibly due to intervene and fight back against this really atrocious government policy? so, i came across the work of
thatis so, unfortunately, this is something that is worrying immensely. contacts for help lines to adults who have concerns about their wellbeing went up concerns about their wellbeing went uo by concerns about their wellbeing went up by 23% to a record high of almost 85,000 contacts since 2021. so, it s really vital. we know from our helpline that when adults reach out to us to talk about this that we can then help what to do next, refer to. and make sure that children aren t let in these situations. but one of the things that we really want to make sure is not allowed to happen again is for children to fall off the radar of the safeguarding professionals who work incredibly hard, day in, day out, often without much fanfare. make their system work on a daily basis and keep children safe. so we really do want to make