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Queensland's Child Safety Inquiry exposes deep failures within the child protect...
Children under five to be removed from residential care
Children under the age of five will be removed from a state's residential care f...
Independent oversight urgently needed in NSW child protection system, experts say
An independent body designed to protect and support children in New South Wales'...
Dechlan Brennan 28 May 2026
WA Commissioner calls for urgent early intervention as child outcomes decline
Almost 140 children under the age of 14 were held in detention in Western Austra...
Dechlan Brennan 18 Mar 2026
Youth justice integrity at risk in South Australia as remote hearings become the norm
A Special Report by South Australia's youth detention watchdog has warned that t...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Feb 2026
ACT’s first Indigenous children’s commissioner alleges assault by public servant forced her to leave role

The ACT's first Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People has alleged she left the "dream role" after being assaulted by a public servant.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 17, 2026
Exclusive: Sustained investment needed to strengthen early childhood sector and protect children’s safety

Where early childhood centres put profits ahead of children's safety, there is a serious problem, the CEO of Australia's peak body for Indigenous children and families says.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 28, 2025
Commission of Inquiry 'offers hope for child safety reform'

Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service provided an important submission to the Child Safety Commission of Inquiry this week during its first public hearings in Cairns.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 12, 2025
Inquiry launched into Queensland’s broken child protection system amid alarming abuse rates

The Queensland government has announced an inquiry into the state's child protection system to uncover the "failures" after a new report found alarming rates of abuse and neglect.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 19, 2025
Coalition not listenting to Aboriginal voices on Royal Commission proposal - SNAICC

The peak body for Indigenous children has slammed Peter Dutton's renewed calls for a royal commission into sexual abuse of First Nations children in remote communities, labelling it a "demonisation of...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 30, 2025
NT law changes will "undermine basic protections" for Aboriginal children

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...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 23, 2025
NT government “playing politics" with Aboriginal children, experts say

A proposed amendment to a law in the Northern Territory making it easier to remove Aboriginal children from their communities continues to be criticised, with the country's largest Indigenous legal or...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 21, 2025
Underfunding of Indigenous-led child protection services continues despite growing need, report reveals

Groups that get the best results in cultural support, reunification with kin and connection to culture for children are receiving the least funding, a new report from Australia's peak body for Indigen...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 21, 2024
SA children's guardian "underwhelmed" by government's consultation process on key child safety bill

South Australia's Guardian for Children and Young People says the government's response to feedback on proposed child safety legislation has been "lukewarm, at best".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 9, 2024
Lidia Thorpe urges long overdue nationwide reform in wake of 10-year-old's death in state care

Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung senator Lidia Thorpe has called on the federal government to urgently implement the recommendations of the 1997 Bringing Them Home report, following news that a 10...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 18, 2024
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