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Youth Sector Forum to champion self-determination
AbSec - NSW Child, Family and Community Peak Aboriginal Corporation and Mounty A...
Giovanni Torre 12 May 2026
'Blindsided': This mum's daughters were removed after going to hospital, an outcome new AbSec resources seek to change
Sabrina, which is not her real name, thought she was doing the right thing by ta...
Jarred Cross 26 Feb 2026
More than a job: Victorian Aboriginal youth and families peak body champions careers making real change
An alliance for Aboriginal young people and families' community-controlled organ...
Jarred Cross 3 Feb 2026
Exclusive: No charges pressed after motorist allegedly rammed and chased 14-year-old Noongar boy on Boxing Day
A 14-year-old Noongar boy says he was rammed, chased and racially abused by a mo...
Natasha Clark 6 Jan 2026
'Have hope and fight for your rights' - Meena Singh's message for Aboriginal children and young people in Victoria
I write this piece to Aboriginal children and young people. It has been an honor...
Meena Singh 19 Dec 2025
Indigenous children disproportionally affected as states go 'tough on crime'

The rights of children, in particular Indigenous children, are being eroded by punitive measures from states and territories across the country, according to a report into youth justice.

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Keira Jenkins Dec 3, 2025
BREAKING: Victoria's Indigenous child commissioner steps down in wake of 'cruel' prison plan for children

Victoria's Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People, Meena Singh, has announced her resignation after nearly four years in the role.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 20, 2025
'These new laws will not create a safer Victoria' - growing opposition to prison plan for children

2024 NAIDOC person of the year Muriel Bamblett has added her voice to the growing opposition to Victorian government plans to introduce severe prison sentences for children as young as 14.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 13, 2025
New South Australian Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People announced

The South Australian government has appointed Dale Agius as the state's new Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People. Mr Agius has been appointed for a three-year term following the concl...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Apr 3, 2025
Federal funding announced for new school holiday program in Central Australia

The federal government has announced funding for school holiday activities for children and young people in Central Australia, with the government saying helping children stay active and occupied will...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 16, 2024
New funding for Aboriginal-led child and family programs in Victoria

Six Victorian Aboriginal-led child and family programs have received funding boosts to help provide better access to culturally safe services.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 9, 2024
Report finds Aboriginal children in South Australia are being unnecessarily removed from families and communities

An "institutionally racist" child protection system is trampling on First Nations children, according to a scathing report released by South Australia's Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 6, 2024
Aboriginal Child Commissioner latest to criticise Victorian government over failure to adopt Yoorrook reforms

The Victorian government's failure to implement the majority of the Yoorrook Justice Commission recommendations has continued to receive pushback, with the Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and You...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 4, 2024
Commissioner for Aboriginal Children says progress even more vital after referendum loss

Progress for Indigenous children and young people is even more vital in the wake of the Voice to Parliament referendum defeat, a new report tabled today in the Victorian parliament has argued.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 1, 2023
Aboriginal children’s service director Rachael Phillips receives national honour

Proud Gomeroi woman Rachael Phillips has been acknowledged as part of HESTA's Early Childhood Education and Care Awards. The director of Tamworth's Birrelee Multifunctional Aboriginal Children's Servi...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Oct 9, 2023
WA government and police are failing Indigenous women and children, Senate inquiry hears

A leading Indigenous human rights and anti-violence expert has called for more effort from the Western Australian government and police to protect Aboriginal women and children.

Rhiannon Clarke Rhiannon Clarke Oct 5, 2023
Urgent call to stop repeat of Stolen Generation trauma

The removal of Aboriginal children from their families is increasing at an alarming rate, sparking fears the numbers will soon match the Stolen Generation.

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Jacob Shteyman Oct 4, 2023
Attacks on Indigenous children 'not isolated incidents'

Racism has fuelled an alarming number of recent violent acts against Aboriginal children in Western Australia, the state's youth commissioner says.

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Rudi Maxwell Oct 4, 2023
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