A study just published shows the racism inherent in how Aboriginal children as young as ten are treated compared to other juvenile delinquents. What’s the scam?
The scam is NSW police are shown to issue a court notice in 68% of cases involving Aboriginal children, compared with 38% for non-Indigenous offenders.
The figures are for the period between April 2022 and March 2025, presented in a report just published by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR).
Sharif Deen, Acting CEO of the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT), told MWM,
“This adds to a mass of other evidence that NSW police treat Aboriginal children more harshly, even when all circumstances are the same. This gap in police treatment can’t be explained by any objective factor.
The only difference is that the child is Aboriginal.
“This is contributing to the current justice crisis where Aboriginal children make up half of all kids in NSW prisons, despite being only 8% of the population.”
The report follows last week’s revelation the Northern Territory and Queensland governments refused to let the UN human rights advocate into their youth detention centres.
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Kim Wingerei is a businessman turned writer and commentator. He is passionate about free speech, human rights, democracy and the politics of change. Originally from Norway, Kim first came to Australia in 1989. Author of ‘Why Democracy is Broken – A Blueprint for Change’.