Child Removals
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.
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.
A statement supporting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP) has been signed by ministers from every state and territory except Queensland and the Northern Terr...
On Wednesday, July 8, the Northern Territory Legislative Scrutiny Committee will table its final report on the Care and Protection of Children Legislation Amendment (Every Child Matters) Bill 2026 (NT...
Advocates say recommendations from a landmark inquiry into Queensland's child protection system contradict much of the expert and lived-experience evidence presented during the review.
Key points:- Ahead of National Sorry Day, AbSec has called for systemic changes to keep Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families together- "We say sorry to the Stolen Generations.
Australia tells itself a comforting story about child protection. We tell ourselves children are only removed from their families when there is no other choice.
Every time an Aboriginal child dies, the response is the same. Not fund services. Not resource families. Demonise an entire culture. I cannot think of a single instance where a non-Indigenous child's...
The futures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care are at the centre of a major event and united stand at Parliament House on Thursday to "change the trajectory of Targe...
Federal legislation has passed through Parliament increasing the independence and powers of the National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People.
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...
As the nation reflects on the National Apology to the Stolen Generations, Indigenous advocacy group Children's Ground notes recent national data confirms First Nations children continue to be removed...
Eighteen years after the National Apology, the systematic removal and racial targeting of Aboriginal children is worse than ever. The promise of 13 February 2008 - that our children would be safe, fam...