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Lawyer of disabled, homeless teenager charged with stealing bottle of water says she was let down by child protection
A lawyer for a homeless Western Australian Indigenous girl has slammed child pro...
Dechlan Brennan 9 May 2024
Indigenous-led model sees a reduction in Indigenous infants being removed by child services
Women who receive support through an Indigenous-led model of maternity care are...
Dechlan Brennan 26 Feb 2024
Apology anniversary to shine light on ongoing child removals
On the eve of the anniversary of Australia's national apology to the Stolen Gene...
Giovanni Torre 12 Feb 2024
First Nations child removal complaint filed in Human Rights Commission
Shine Lawyers has filed a complaint in the Australian Human Rights Commission ag...
Giovanni Torre 31 Jan 2024
Report reveals under-funding, drastic Indigenous over-representation in SA child protection system
A new report reveals chronic under-funding is failing the most vulnerable childr...
Giovanni Torre 16 Jun 2023
US Supreme Court upholds law protecting Native American children's connection to family and culture

United States Supreme Court has preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption cases involving Native American children, rejecting a campaign from t...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 15, 2023
Child protection minister apologises to Aboriginal kids for failures of the system

Victoria's child protection minister has called the over-representation of First Nations children in the child protection system "shameful". In an emotional address to the Yoorrook Justice Commission...

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Mibenge Nsenduluka May 12, 2023
First Nations children's commissioners meet to tackle growing overrepresentation of Indigenous children in out-of-home care

Australian First Nations children's commissioners and guardians met in Brisbane this week to explore strategies to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families as n...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 12, 2023
Indigenous children 10.4 times more likely to be in out-of-home care, more likely to be abused in out-of-home care - new report reveals

The 2022 Family Matters Report released Tuesday revealed a child protection system in crisis. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are 10.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 23, 2022
US Supreme Court battle looms over right to keep First Nations children connected to their tribes

First Nations tribes in the United States are fighting three conservative states to maintain their right to keep Native children in the protection of their tribe.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 17, 2022
Family focus helps keep kids home

Two pilot programs placing Aboriginal families at the centre of child protection decision making could help bring down WA's high rate of Indigenous child removal.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 7, 2021
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