That policies of government and the practices of agencies which have involvement with Aboriginal juveniles in the welfare and criminal justice systems should recognise and be committed to ensuring, through legislative enactment, that the primary sources of advice about the interests and welfare of Aboriginal juveniles should be the families and community groups of the juveniles and specialist Aboriginal organisations, including Aboriginal Child Care Agencies.

Efforts are made by Family Services, through established networks, to consult Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community groups during the course of statutory involvement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander juveniles.

The ACT Government, through the Family Services Branch, continues to support the involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families, community groups and specialist organisations in the welfare of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander juveniles within the welfare and juvenile justice system.

That governments and Aboriginal organisations recognise that the problems affecting Aboriginal juveniles are so widespread and have such potentially disastrous repercussions for the future that there is an urgent need for governments and Aboriginal organisations to negotiate together to devise strategies designed to reduce the rate at which Aboriginal juveniles are involved in the welfare and criminal justice systems and, in particular, to reduce the rate at which Aboriginal juveniles are separated from their families and communities, whether by being declared to be in need of care, detained, imprisoned or otherwise.