Counter Pedophilia Investigate Unit

INDIGENOUS children are being neglected and their rights abused because the nation and Aboriginal advocates are obsessed with having a “rights” debate that does not have kids at the centre, according to a prominent Aboriginal leader.

Outraged by the dehydration death of an eight-year-old Aboriginal girl in a West Australian desert on Tuesday, Hannah McGlade, West Australian Aboriginal Family Law Services chief executive, told The Australian we were spending too much time as a nation debating rights and constitutional change instead of Aboriginal children’s safety. (more…)

FRANKFORT — All deaths and near-deaths of children who have been abused would be reviewed by an 11-member panel, and information about children who died as a result of abuse or neglect would be public, under a proposal before the legislature.

House Bill 200, filed Wednesday, would create an external panel that would include the attorney general, doctors, prosecutors and judges.

After the review, the panel would develop recommendations to address systemic issues and child-welfare practices. Any problems the panel identified in the actions of state and local agencies would be referred to authorities for review. (more…)