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Even Labor MPs are at a loss over the Victorian premier’s ‘tough love’ plan for youth offenders

MPs across factional lines share concerns about policy that legal expert says ‘paints the imprisonment of children as therapeutic’ Get our daily political email, free app or daily news podcast Until December last year, Meena Singh was the Victorian commissioner for Aboriginal children and young people, a role that saw her advocating for some of the state’s most vulnerable children.

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  • The Guardian World: Even Labor MPs are at a loss over the Victorian premier’s ‘tough love’ plan for youth offenders

She had held the role since 2022.…

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