‘Yarning with youth’: Our new commissioner for Aboriginal kids
Sue-Anne Hunter has had a long career that started as a social worker and reached the heights of commissioner for Victoria’s truth-telling organisation – the Yoorook Justice Commission.
She’s just been appointed as Australia’s first National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, and the weight of the responsibility is very real.
Hunter’s appointment comes at a time when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults are being imprisoned at one of the highest rates in the world, incarceration rates are rising instead of falling, Indigenous people make-up nearly a third of all deaths in custody, and most Closing the Gap targets for children are not on track; with some going backwards.
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So the task to break the cycle that leads to these appalling stats is a huge one.
Today, National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Sue-Anne Hunter on the task ahead and giving voice to children who have too often been spoken about, but rarely listened to.
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