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Indigenous kids nine times more like to be in custody than non-Indigenous children in Victoria


Indigenous kids nine times more likely to be in custody than non-Indigenous children in Victoria
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Young people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds in Victoria are nine times more likely to be in custody than their non-Indigenous peers, a new federal government report shows.
They are also more than 10 times more likely to be in community-based supervision, and the rate of Aboriginal children being placed in out-of-home care is 19 times the rate for non-Aboriginal children.
Thousands marched the streets of Melbourne in June last year to protest Indigenous deaths in custody.
Credit:Christopher Hopkins
The statistics were contained in the Productivity Commission s Report on Government Services released on Wednesday, which outlined the extent to which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children continue to be over-represented in the Victorian youth justice and child protection systems. ....

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Man cops huge fine after 'smashing up' cousins car | Sunshine Coast Daily


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A Cherbourg man unleashed his rage on his cousin s car, smashing the windows with a scooter after she refused to give him a lift to his father s house.
Tyrone Murray pleaded guilty to five offences before Cherbourg Magistrates Court including wilful damage, riding a motorbike without a helmet, and operating an uninsured and unregistered vehicle while unlicensed.
On December 29, 2020, Murray attended with cousins Cherbourg address hoping to get a lift to his father s house.
The victim was at her home and the defendant came asking for a lift to his father s house. The victim said there was no fuel in the car, so she declined to do so, police prosecutor Sergeant Barry Stevens said. ....

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