Child Protection
The story of racism is one of hate and unfathomable damage, but it is one that can be changed, the chief executive of the peak First Nations children and family body has told a parliamentary inquiry.
Racism is a threat to the safety of First Nations people, a parliamentary hearing has heard, with witnesses saying people are "sick" of hearings and inquiries that fail to deliver tangible change.
Cape York Institute has urged the Queensland Government to put parental responsibility and community-led prevention at the centre of its response to the state's child safety crisis.
Australia must count people who pass away in state care in data on Indigenous deaths in custody, the former ACT Indigenous children commissioner has said.
Keeping younger children out of detention and improving community safety in Victoria requires evidence-based action rather than the "reactive" responses that have dominated the state's approach, Victo...
Controversial child protection legislation passed by the Northern Territory Government flies in the face of decades of evidence, Labor's Social Services Minister says.
The fallout from the Northern Territory Government's controversial child protection laws has continued, with the national First Nations social justice and children's commissioners the latest to critic...
Warning: this report includes references to abuse. A senior Catholic cleric gave a young Aboriginal man alcohol before coercing him to have sex, a court has been told.
The fallout from the Northern Territory Government's controversial child protection reforms continues to grow, with the independent Aboriginal chair of the NT's Children and Families Tripartite Forum...
The Northern Territory's Child Protection Minister has repeatedly failed to confirm whether she believes the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP) supports the safe...
Controversial changes to child protection laws have passed the Northern Territory Parliament, sparking warnings the impacts will be carried by First Nations families for generations.
The National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, research and ACCO representatives and others leaders will direct discussion at the NSW Aboriginal Child &...
Controversial child protection laws in the Northern Territory have been criticised by the federal minister responsible for Indigenous Australians, who argues they will only increase distrust between F...