Children
First Nations children face "a cliff edge" after they transition out of care when they turn 18, according to a report from the South Australian Guardian for Children and Young People.
Note: This article includes the names of people who have died. Western Australia's Commissioner for Children and Young People will release a report on the state's child protection system before the en...
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article contains the names and images of Indigenous children who have died.
The National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, Sue-Anne Hunter, is in WA's Pilbara region this week in the wake of reports of children being neglected i...
Every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child deserves the chance to grow up healthy, strong in identity and Culture, connected to family, Community and Country and surrounded by the people who kn...
A First Nations organisation has called on the federal government to implement the findings of an independent evaluation of an integrated, place-based system of services targeting whole-of-community c...
Victoria's former Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People will commence work as a Professor of Practice in Monash University's Law Faculty.
Aunty Esmai Manahan was one of two MacKillop Family Services team members celebrated as award winners at the Victorian Protecting Children Awards, announced Thursday night.
Aboriginal-led solutions, decision-making and reform are critically needed as "another Stolen Generation" is "unfolding in real time, in front of our eyes", child protection sector leaders warn.
This year's Child Protection Week (September 6-12) theme, Every Conversation Matters: Shifting Conversation to Action, is an important one. Because when it comes to Aboriginal* children and families...
First Nations dancers and musical performers from across the continent - and the Torres Strait - will gather in Mparntwe / Alice Springs this weekend for a free, family-friendly celebration of First N...
Manandanji woman Dr Lorelle Holland says prioritising prevention over punishment could reduce child incarceration and avoid youth detention costs of up to $3,000 a day per child.
First Nations Victorians represent around one per cent of the state's population, but around 14 per cent of those accessing specialist homelessness services.