00:02The teenager who lives in state care was charged with aggravated robbery and taken into custody at 5 o'clock
00:08on Wednesday afternoon.
00:10By the time of her court appearance at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning, no one from the Department of
00:15Communities had shown up.
00:17Magistrate Melita Medcalf was scathing.
00:20She described the situation as appalling, telling the court the department needed to do better.
00:26Magistrate Medcalf addressed the girl directly, saying she was angry at the situation, not her.
00:32She said she would make a complaint to the president of the Children's Court and that the department needed to
00:37show up and present as a responsible adult.
00:40The minister said she could not comment on individual matters.
00:44Have you been briefed on that Geraldton, the child who was left at court?
00:47Yes I have, but obviously with all children in care we don't have the capacity to speak on individual cases.
00:55Also this is a court matter so I won't be speaking about it.
00:58The Department of Communities has recently been under fire after a report more than a dozen children were living unsupervised
01:05in squalor in South Hedland.
01:07It prompted a flying visit from state government ministers and a round table with the national commissioner for Aboriginal children
01:15and young people.
01:16Aboriginal elders want a royal commission into WA's child protection agency and the commissioner will host a separate round table
01:24in Perth on Friday, hearing from community legal representatives.
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01:28a victory.
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