🇦🇺 Australia 8h ago · Satara Uthayakumaran

Violence against children in Australia is at a crisis point. We must start listening to kids before our most vulnerable slip through the cracks

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Violence against children in Australia is at a crisis point. We must start listening to kids before our most vulnerable slip through the cracks
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Our systems are fragmented and siloed, while those who are ‘different’ struggle to be understood. We cannot wait for more children to die to decide their suffering mattersThe day I turned 14, two of my sister’s friends were found dead.They were 10 and 11 years old. Both had significant disabilities and attended the special-needs school my sister with severe disabilities also attends. Slowly, details emerged: their father had planned a murder-suicide, killing both children, his wife and himself.

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