Children's Minister Joy Burch is going to the public in her efforts to fix the ACT's youth justice system.
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Ms Burch is to hold a series of community meetings to talk about her ''blueprint'' for reform but the ACT Greens are unhappy, accusing the minister of ignoring a Human Rights Commission report into youth justice.
Ms Burch said yesterday that her Blueprint for Youth Justice in the ACT was important in setting the strategic agenda for the youth justice system over the next five to 10 years.
The blueprint is part of the Government's response to report into the youth justice system by the Human Rights Commission which made 224 recommendations for change. Ms Burch said the blueprint was being developed by the eight-member Youth Justice Implementation Taskforce, drawn from the government and community sectors.
''It [the blueprint] will define how we assist vulnerable young people who have some of the most complex needs of any Canberrans and it is important to have community input into what is a shared community responsibility,'' Ms Burch said.
''We want people to tell us how we can improve the lives of young people either at risk of coming into contact with the youth justice system or who are already involved in the justice system, and also their families.''
But Greens leader Meredith Hunter was not impressed yesterday, and accused the Minister of ignoring the Human Rights Commission's recommendations.
''We've put that [report] to one side and it seems as though we've ignored the Human Rights Commission's report and seems to be starting again,'' Ms Hunter told ABC radio.
''We need to have taken the extensive information in that report, turned it into some concrete proposals and be out consulting on those proposals.''
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