Child Protection
An independent body designed to protect and support children in New South Wales' child protection system is urgently needed, experts say, arguing current accountability mechanisms are failing.
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.
Just a day after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urged governments to engage respectfully with Aboriginal communities and experts, Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has dismissed conce...
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.
A new "tri-state child protection initiative" was launched in Mparntwe / Alice Springs on Tuesday, with the NPY Women's Council in partnership with the Northern Territory, South Australian, Western Au...
Condemnation of the Northern Territory government's decision to significantly alter a principle designed to ensure Aboriginal children removed from their families remain connected to culture has conti...
The Northern Territory government's inquiry into child safety will not allow for a proper examination of the system, Aboriginal leaders say, and has been implemented without Indigenous representation...
Australia's peak advocate for First Nations children says changes to a principle designed to ensure children removed from their families remain connected to culture "are devastating for Aboriginal chi...
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...
An investigation into the Northern Territory's child protection system in the lead-up to the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby will be led by a former police commissioner who previously argued making off...
The actions of the Northern Territory government in the wake of the horrific death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby reveal both a disregard for expert advice and a preference for culture war pol...
The Northern Territory government has disregarded expert advice and will significantly alter a principle designed to ensure Aboriginal children removed from their families remain connected to culture.
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says Australia can no longer "hide behind race" as she issued an emotional plea for change after the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby.