Child Placement Principle
A statement supporting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP) has been signed by ministers from every state and territory except Queensland and the Northern Terr...
The resignation of the Northern Territory's Children's Commissioner is evidence that the NT Government shows a "lack of care and accountability" towards First Peoples, the peak advocate for Indigenous...
The wellbeing of 103 Indigenous children and young people is being urged as the top priority after a NSW Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisation and foster care provider's out-of-home care accred...
Key points:- Ahead of National Sorry Day, AbSec has called for systemic changes to keep Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families together- "We say sorry to the Stolen Generations.
Australia tells itself a comforting story about child protection. We tell ourselves children are only removed from their families when there is no other choice.
Every time an Aboriginal child dies, the response is the same. Not fund services. Not resource families. Demonise an entire culture. I cannot think of a single instance where a non-Indigenous child's...
The Northern Territory's Child Protection Minister is being urged to work more closely with frontline organisations and her own department to prioritise young people, after a coalition of legal and co...
A focus on security over rehabilitation still dominates South Australia's youth detention system, according to the state's Guardian for Children and Young People, with children as young as ten continu...
The number of Indigenous children in out-of-home care (OOHC) in South Australia has increased by more than 33 per cent in the last five years, a report from the state's Guardian for children and young...
New data from the Australian Institute for Health and Welfare (AIHW) has revealed Most Indigenous children removed from their home in the Northern Territory are not placed with an Aboriginal family or...
Almost 24,000 Indigenous children were placed in care at least once in the last financial year, new data has revealed. The latest figures from the Productivity Commission shows 23,956 First Nations ch...
Proposed law changes in the Northern Territory will undermine basic protections for Indigenous children to be able to grow up with their culture and community, the First Nations children's commissione...
The ACT's inaugural Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People has criticised Enduring Parental Responsibility (EPR), arguing it fails to recognise and protect th...