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Opinion: Our Aboriginal children are being failed by a system meant to protect them
Every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child deserves the chance to grow up...
Sheree Lowe 17 Sep 2026
Call for urgent WA roundtable on Aboriginal child and family safety in wake of South Hedland case
Western Australian Aboriginal leaders have called for an urgent roundtable in th...
Giovanni Torre 16 Sep 2026
Child Protection Minister flies to Pilbara after report of Aboriginal children living in shocking conditions
Western Australia's Child Protection Minister Jessica Stojkovski has flown to th...
Giovanni Torre 15 Sep 2026
'Child Protection Week should prompt us to ask a difficult question: What happens if we fail to follow through?'
This year's Child Protection Week (September 6-12) theme, Every Conversation Mat...
Jason Kanoa 1 Sep 2026
Fiji launches free parenting app to support families

Families across Fiji can now access a free parenting app offering practical support from pregnancy through to a child's first six years. The Bebbo Pacific Parenting App was launched by the Ministry of...

Child Wellbeing Centre to be built for street-connected children in Fiji

The Fiji Government has partnered with Habitat for Humanity Fiji to construct a Child Wellbeing Centre aimed at supporting children who are street-connected across the country's four divisions.

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Rebekah Rasmussen Jan 30, 2026
'Discriminatory' NT changes target Aboriginal kids

The Northern Territory government has been urged to drop proposed changes that would make it easier to remove Aboriginal children from their communities.

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(A)manda Parkinson Jan 20, 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
Second Investment Dialogue for Australia’s Children roundtable heads to Adelaide

The federal government has "reaffirmed its commitment to addressing entrenched, intergenerational disadvantage experienced by families and their children and communities" ahead of the second Investmen...

Plea for action in Victoria over death of six children in protection system in just three months

Twenty children known to child protection authorities have died in the past year, including six within three months, sparking renewed calls to fix Victoria's "overstretched" system.

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Rachael Ward Oct 29, 2024
Alberta First Nations chiefs urge greater collaboration from Canadian government on child welfare reform

First Nations chiefs in Alberta are calling for more collaboration and consultation from Canada's federal government after a child welfare reform deal was rejected. The $47.8 billion (AUD 51.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 21, 2024
Man who zip-tied three young Indigenous children found guilty of assault, receives spent conviction

A Broome man who used cable ties to restrain very young Aboriginal children he believed were trespassing on his property was found guilty of assault on Friday in Broome Magistrates Court, but received...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 5, 2024
Canadian Federal Court green-lights $26.3 billion compensation to First Nations children and families

The Federal Court of Canada approved the First Nations Child and Family Services, Jordan's Principle, Trout and Kith Class Settlement Agreement on Tuesday, a First Nations-led agreement including a to...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 26, 2023
Robust response urged to improve welfare of First Nations children

One of Australia's major providers of out-of-home-care services has echoed widespread concerns over major policy shortfalls detailed in the Productivity Commission's latest Closing The Gap report rele...

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David Prestipino Jul 13, 2023
Expert urges improved support for children and infants caught up in court system

A 25-year veteran of the child and family welfare sector has called for improved court support for babies and children in a new report, and is urging the establishment of Specialist Infant Court pilot...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 14, 2023
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