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Community-led early learning service opens in Kowanyama
A community-led early childhood education and care service has opened in Kowanya...
Joseph Guenzler 18 Feb 2026
Indigenous children's peak body welcomes Labor victory
SNAICC – National Voice for our Children "welcomes and congratulates" Anthony Al...
Giovanni Torre 5 May 2025
Prioritise the rights of Indigenous children this election - SNAICC
People across the country need to prioritise the rights of Indigenous children t...
Dechlan Brennan 30 Apr 2025
"Some goodies in there": Budget measures for early childhood education and care welcomed
The peak body for Indigenous children and families has welcomed large sections o...
Dechlan Brennan 26 Mar 2025
Uncle Brian Butler: A lifetime of advocacy and healing
Warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The following article c...
Joseph Guenzler 24 Jan 2025
Aboriginal children over-represented in incidents of alleged abuse in Victorian child organisations - report

Indigenous children continue to be over-represented in incidents of alleged child abuse, a new report from the Victorian Commission for Children and Young People says.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 31, 2024
Productivity Commission recommendations a "game changer" if governments "bold enough" for reform, SNAICC says

The peak body for Indigenous children says the latest Productivity Commission's report on reforming early childhood education and care will be a "game changer" for First Nations children if government...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 18, 2024
Plan in train to stop violence against Indigenous women

Experts, stakeholders, communities and people who've experienced domestic and family violence are being asked for their input to create a plan to stop the abuse of Indigenous women and children.

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Keira Jenkins Sep 12, 2024
Governments urged to 'be honest' on youth justice

Governments must listen to expert advice when it comes to youth justice and invest in community-led solutions, Indigenous children's organisations say.

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Keira Jenkins Aug 21, 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
Kids need "big auntie energy", says NAIDOC Person of the year Aunty Muriel Bamblett

Aunty Muriel Bamblett was awarded the Person of the Year at the National NAIDOC Awards, held on the lands of the Kaurna people in Tarntanya/Adelaide, on Saturday.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 10, 2024
Connected Beginnings program expands to Ballarat to ensure young First Nations children are ready for school

First Nations children in the Ballarat area are being supported through the expansion of the nationwide Connected Beginnings program. Delivered in the area in partnership with the Ballarat and Distric...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jun 21, 2024
New birthing program to help First Nations mothers face challenges of early-childhood

A birthing program in far-north Queensland is helping to empower local families in the absence of local birthing facilities in the region. The 1,000 days program in the Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) i...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 11, 2024
SNAICC supports Productivity Commission's Closing the Gap findings

The Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) says they support the "blunt" findings and recommendations of the Productivity Commission's report, which found governments acro...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 7, 2024
SNAICC backs Productivity Commission draft recommendations in early childhood services

Australia's peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care, has highlighted needs to address accessibility and sustainabil...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Nov 25, 2023
New report hopes to reduce the number of WA children in out-of-home care

A new landmark to help reduce the number of Indigenous children in out-of-home care has been handed to the Western Australian government. The Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 28, 2023
Grim reading: Closing The Gap report highlights 'snail's pace' progress

Australia's peak body representing the rights and welfare of First Nations children has echoed criticism that the status quo is failing Indigenous families and children.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Jul 12, 2023
NZ Children's Commissioner to deliver 2023 SNAICC National Conference keynote speech

The Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) has announced New Zealand's Children's Commissioner, Judge Frances Eivers, as the keynote address speaker for SNAICC's 10th Nati...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jun 28, 2023
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