Education advocates are calling for urgent legislation of boarding standards amid fresh child mistreatment claims at an outback Queensland hostel.
Key points:
- Education experts want national guidelines for Indigenous boarding providers
- It comes after an ABC investigation revealed little oversight of $140m ABSTUDY scheme
- Former students and parents are demanding action over alleged mistreatment at the Alice River Student Hostel
First Nations children who boarded at the Alice River Student Hostel in Barcaldine have told the ABC they were abused and assaulted, poorly fed, left in the care…