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Doomadgee peacemaking initiative backed by $900,000 grant
Gunawuna Jungai has received $900,000 over three years through the Queensland Ju...
Joseph Guenzler 9 Jul 2026
Fiji launches free parenting app to support families
Families across Fiji can now access a free parenting app offering practical supp...
Rebekah Rasmussen 1 Jul 2026
Samoa backs stronger, more prompt disaster support for women and families
Samoa is taking part in a regional program aimed at helping Pacific governments...
Rebekah Rasmussen 27 May 2026
Investing in families, not removing their children, is the answer
Australia tells itself a comforting story about child protection. We tell oursel...
NSW reforms include expansion of Family Preservation services across Murrumbidgee region
Riverina Medical & Dental Aboriginal Corporation (RIVMED) has announced an expan...
Giovanni Torre 2 Apr 2026
Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency welcomes reforms to state's Children, Youth and Families Act

VACCA - the Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency - has welcomed the passage of amendments to the Children, Youth and Families Act by the Children, Youth and Families Amendment (Stability) B...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 6, 2026
AbSec to make key announcement at first major sector gathering for 2026

AbSec, the state's peak Aboriginal corporation for the welfare of First Nations children, young people and families, hosts its next quarterly forum on Wiradjuri Country in Dubbo later this month.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Feb 12, 2026
Aboriginal-led justice and child protection support service recognised for leading work

A culturally-led Aboriginal-staffed service for families who have contact with the justice and child protection system has been recognised for its work in south-west Sydney.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Oct 27, 2025
South Australian program supporting Aboriginal families through pregnancy and beyond

A new program empowering Aboriginal families by providing greater comfort and control during pregnancy is now enrolling mums at the Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 22, 2025
Remote communities come together at Cowboys House in celebration of NAIDOC

Hundreds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family members travelled from remote communities to gather in Townsville for NRL Cowboys House's annual NAIDOC celebration at the weekend.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Aug 14, 2025
NT coroner finds multiple system failures in care of Indigenous teenager who took her own life

Northern Territory child protection and related agencies "failed to deliver the care" an Indigenous teenager needed before she took her own life, a coroner has found.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 12, 2025
Aboriginal Legal Service partners with Tasmanian Online Lions Club to support family violence victims

A partnership between the Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service and the Tasmanian Online Lions Club is set to provide additional support to victims of family violence.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jun 17, 2025
Finding Families program sees more Aboriginal children living with family-based carers

More than 30 Aboriginal children are now living with family members or people they already had a close relationship with and not in residential care following the success of an innovative program roll...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Apr 1, 2025
"I have to put my hand up" - former NRL player Joe Williams explores his journey as a dad in new documentary

Joe Williams hasn't shied away from self-reflection and accountability on his journey as a dad. He saw "two very different people" when looking back on the father he was to his eldest two early on, an...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Mar 27, 2025
NT government devotes $850,000 to public housing support services

Mission Australia, the NT Department of Children and Families, and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Community Development are working in collaboration to provide services to Litchfield...

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Tiesha Hewitt Dec 26, 2024
Naarm's Aboriginal excellence and wellbeing centre celebrates first birthday

The peak body for community-controlled Indigenous health organisations in Victoria has celebrated one year of driving change and strengthening futures.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 19, 2024
Federal plan to drop 'activity test' will help more Indigenous children access childcare, advocates say

Advocates have welcomed the federal government's promise to cut the "Activity Test", which will see 126,000 more children able to access early learning.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 11, 2024
'Whatever it takes': child removal floated to tackle DV

A government is considering ways of removing at-risk Aboriginal children from families following a coronial inquest into domestic violence. Territory Families chief executive Emma White has been direc...

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(A)manda Parkinson Nov 26, 2024
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