Debate resumed, on motion by Mr Briggs:

That the House:

(1)

notes that:

(a)

the young people detained in the Magill Youth Training Centre in South Australia are being held in degrading conditions; and

(b)

in the assessment of Australia’s United Nations Youth Representative, Mr Chris Varney, this represents a breach of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child; No. 125—26 October 2009 29

(2)

recognises that:

(a)

in 2006, the South Australian Labor Government acknowledged that the centre was in need of replacement as it breached modern building codes and occupational health and safety requirements; and

(b)

the South Australian Government is yet to keep its election promise; and

(3)

calls on the Federal Youth Minister to intervene in this urgent matter and ensure that a new centre is built as promised by the South Australian Labor Government.

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