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OPINION: First Nations kids make up about 20 per cent of missing children, but get a fraction of the media coverage
It is time for Australia to treat the disappearances and deaths of First Nations children (and adults) with the same priority and urgency we see for cases involving white children.
In Australia, on average, 48 young people under the age of 18 go missing every day.
- By Silke Meyer, Eugene Hyman, Samantha Wild, Wynetta Dewis
- Source: The Conversation
While First Nations young people make up less than 6% of the Australian population under the age of 18, they comprise around 20% of missing children.
In reality, this rate is likely higher, with information on cultural identity often missing in national missing persons data.
Despite this over…