00:02Cleanup crews out in force. After allegations more than a dozen children, some as young as five, were living at
00:09this address unsupervised.
00:11My understanding is that they are getting all of the supports that they need to keep those children safe.
00:16A raft of new measures announced, including more staff sent north to aid some of WA's most vulnerable families.
00:23What is also clear is that there have been missed opportunities for escalation of acute cases.
00:29The opposition, whose leader visited the region last night, calling for the reinstatement of a standalone child protection body.
00:36If you have a standalone department for child protection, you've got a director general who's got one job to do,
00:41and that is to keep children safe.
00:43But for some community elders, enough is enough.
00:46As this is our country, we grew up, was born here, and yet we are not invited to sit at
00:53the table to have conversation.
00:55Roundtable talks with the National Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People, brimming with emotion.
01:01And these kids are suffering. We suffered, but we kept each other close where these kids got nobody.
01:11We all know that this isn't just here. The child protection system is broken. It does not work for children,
01:17and it does not keep them safe.
01:18While no timeline has been provided for the National Commissioner's recommendations to government, WA's Child Protection Minister has pledged to
01:26return to the Pilbara next month.
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