Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the senator for the clarification. I know that she used to be responsible for representing the Minister for Youth. Of course, before, there was an even younger senator on the front bench here. Thank you, Senator Wong, for answering those questions, particularly those relating to your role representing the Attorney-General, because I do believe that this is an important justice issue.

I have a supplementary question. Is the minister aware that the conditions of the Magill youth training centre have been described as ‘a living children’s rights abuse hell’ by the Australian youth representative to the United Nations? They are said to be in breach of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, a convention to which Australia is a signatory. It must, therefore, be an important issue for the federal government. It is a breach because it does not comply with health and safety standards and does not provide a standard of living adequate for a child’s physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development, let alone the ability to help these young people to be rehabilitated— (Time expired)