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Lloyd Jones

UNBELIEVABLE: Australia going backwards on human rights of children - The Untold Story

Australian governments are accused of pushing too many children into the criminal justice system. (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS)

When children are being harmed in a state or territory criminal justice system the federal government should step in to protect them, a former children's commissioner has told a Senate inquiry.

Australia's youth justice and incarceration system is being examined by a Senate committee in Sydney on Friday.

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