Miscellaneous
Youth detention seems to only attract public attention when there's a crisis, but the problem seems to go back further. What are still not confronting when it comes to children and young people who run into the law? How do we advocate for them in a hostile political and media environment? In this episode, we talk to former Victorian children's commissioner Bernie Geary. Bernie's entire career has been focused on assisting vulnerable young people and their families. He was the first outreach youth worker in Victoria, working in West Heidelberg more than four decades ago. In 2005, he was appointed as the state's inaugural child safety commissioner, and became principal commissioner for children and young people in 2013, the role from which he retired in 2015. Music: Aces High by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com licensed under CCBYA 3.0.