00:01The ABC has spoken with an emotional Dorothy Papertalk.
00:05The grandmother of the three murdered children has been fighting for this inquest for more
00:10than three years.
00:11Ms Papertalk accuses the Department of Child Protection of failing to intervene despite
00:16her repeated warnings.
00:18Another local, Garriara Elder Pat Mason says the decision to hold an inquest has been long
00:23overdue and unnecessarily cruel for the family.
00:26She says it's crucial that the government get to the bottom of what went so terribly
00:31wrong.
00:32Aboriginal elders in Headland have been calling for a broader royal commission into Western
00:36Australia's Child Protection Agency claiming it's failing Pilbara Children.
00:41Child Protection Minister Jessica Stojkovsky has made numerous visits to Headland over
00:46the past couple of weeks.
00:47Reports of children living in squalor and poverty has also prompted visits by the National Commissioner
00:53for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people.
00:57Sue Ann Hunter has called a review saying current systems are failing children and families
01:01in the Pilbara.
