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Youth Sector Forum to champion self-determination
AbSec - NSW Child, Family and Community Peak Aboriginal Corporation and Mounty A...
Giovanni Torre 12 May 2026
Aboriginal-led reform at centre of NSW’s $350 million family support investment
The New South Wales Government has awarded 22 Aboriginal Community-Controlled Or...
Dechlan Brennan 2 Apr 2026
English Language program expands to deliver free education to northern remote communities
The English Language Learning for Indigenous Children (ELLIC) program, a play-ba...
Giovanni Torre 4 Mar 2026
Vic Parliament urged to end 'cruel and punitive' deadlines for Aboriginal family reunification
One of Victoria's leading First Nations family support organisations has urged P...
Dechlan Brennan 2 Mar 2026
'Blindsided': This mum's daughters were removed after going to hospital, an outcome new AbSec resources seek to change

Sabrina, which is not her real name, thought she was doing the right thing by taking her daughter to hospital following innocent injuries. Soon after, it would mean her two two daughters were separate...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Feb 26, 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
Children’s Ground announce Evelyn Schaber as Co-Chair

Arrernte woman and senior First Nations leader Evelyn Schaber has been appointed co-chair of Indigenous youth advocacy group Children's Ground.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 11, 2026
Indigenous leaders urge stand against Residential School denialism in Canada

Indigenous leaders have written to the University of British Columbia, taking a stand against revisionist history downplaying the suffering of children in Canada's Residential School system.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 27, 2026
Exclusive: WA's public housing puts Indigenous child with cancer at risk

By the time five-year-old leukaemia patient Allira Indich reaches the top of the eight flights of stairs, she is faint, flushed and in pain. The climb is unavoidable.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Dec 22, 2025
'Obscene' rates of Indigenous child removals persist

The child protection system needs to be turned upside down to "change the story" of Indigenous over-representation in out-of-home care, advocates say.

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Keira Jenkins Dec 10, 2025
Indigenous children disproportionally affected as states go 'tough on crime'

The rights of children, in particular Indigenous children, are being eroded by punitive measures from states and territories across the country, according to a report into youth justice.

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Keira Jenkins Dec 3, 2025
Yipirinya School dismisses principal

Independent Mparntwe/Alice Springs community school Yipirinya School has dismissed their principal. The school's statutory manager, Stuart Reid, director of Rodgers Reidy (NT) Pty Ltd, issued a statem...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 26, 2025
Principal guilty of assaulting Indigenous students

A headmaster who put Indigenous school students into choke holds and painfully twisted their ears has been found guilty of four counts of aggravated assault.

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Lloyd Jones Oct 16, 2025
Indigenous children’s commissioner needs legal powers to drive reform, advocates say

With Indigenous children still vastly overrepresented in child protection and youth justice systems, advocates are calling on the federal government to legislate the National Indigenous Children's Com...

First Peoples Disability Network: Indigenous co-design and leadership vital for success of Thriving Kids program

The Commonwealth's $2 billion Thriving Kids program could be a game-changer for children with developmental needs, or it could become another well-intentioned policy that doesn't work for First Nation...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 8, 2025
Indigenous kids in focus for 'broken' care system probe

The gross over-representation of Indigenous children in out-of-home care will form a key part of a major inquiry into a state's "broken" child-safety system.

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Savannah Meacham Jul 23, 2025
Otis Hope Carey announced as 2025 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day ambassador

Gumbaynggirr and Bundjalung man Otis Hope Carey has been named the 2025 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day Ambassador.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 26, 2025
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