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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Sarah Collard

REVEALED: First nations groups reject peter dutton s call for royal commission into child abuse | Vintage Vibes

Opposition leader Peter Dutton and his shadow Indigenous minister, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price
Opposition leader Peter Dutton and his shadow Indigenous minister, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, have repeatedly pushed for a royal commission into alleged child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities. Photograph: Patrick Hamilton/AFP/Getty Images

More than a hundred First Nations advocacy groups and organisations have banded together to oppose Peter Dutton’s calls for a royal commission into the abuse of Indigenous children, accusing the opposition of “political point-scoring” and “demonising” communities.

The opposition leader and his shadow Indigenous Australians minister, the senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, have repeatedly pushed for a royal commission into alleged child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities.

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