Children
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.
Amid criticism and warnings from experts about attacks on children's rights across the country, First Nations communities will mark National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day on Tue...
The overwhelming majority of Indigenous children held in custody are unsentenced, new data shows, with First Nations young people continuing to be incarcerated at disproportionate rates.
Governments "fundamentally changing the way" they fund Aboriginal community-controlled organisations (ACCOs) could transform the lives of First Nations children and families.
A national roundtable of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women leaders, people with lived experience, government representatives, Aboriginal community-controlled organisations, advocates and pra...
Research from Western Australia's Curtin University has unveiled a new teaching approach which could help incorporate Aboriginal languages into Australian classrooms.
Governments across the country need to turn increased participation in First Nations early childhood education into better developmental outcomes, says the peak body for Indigenous children.
First Nations children across the country officially have a national advocate from Wednesday, with legislation establishing the National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children...
South Australia's independent advocate for children and young people will step down after almost four years in the role, having been an outspoken defender of some of the state's most vulnerable childr...