Child Protection
Keeping younger children out of detention and improving community safety in Victoria requires evidence-based action rather than the "reactive" responses that have dominated the state's approach, Victo...
Controversial child protection legislation passed by the Northern Territory Government flies in the face of decades of evidence, Labor's Social Services Minister says.
The fallout from the Northern Territory Government's controversial child protection laws has continued, with the national First Nations social justice and children's commissioners the latest to critic...
Warning: this report includes references to abuse. A senior Catholic cleric gave a young Aboriginal man alcohol before coercing him to have sex, a court has been told.
The fallout from the Northern Territory Government's controversial child protection reforms continues to grow, with the independent Aboriginal chair of the NT's Children and Families Tripartite Forum...
The Northern Territory's Child Protection Minister has repeatedly failed to confirm whether she believes the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP) supports the safe...
Controversial changes to child protection laws have passed the Northern Territory Parliament, sparking warnings the impacts will be carried by First Nations families for generations.
The National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, research and ACCO representatives and others leaders will direct discussion at the NSW Aboriginal Child &...
Controversial child protection laws in the Northern Territory have been criticised by the federal minister responsible for Indigenous Australians, who argues they will only increase distrust between F...
Northern Territory Child Protection Minister Robyn Cahill says the Territory is putting the safety of children first, despite new laws introduced this week being criticised by experts who say they wil...
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died.
Prominent Aboriginal leaders will rally outside Northern Territory Parliament on Tuesday as the Territory Government prepares to introduce its widely criticised child protection laws.
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...