Media Release Community leaders and over 150 child welfare organisations from across the country are using the Family Matters National Week of Action to raise awareness of the increasing number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children being removed from family. Mick Dodson, Cheryl Axelby, Tony McAvoy and Hannah McGlade are amongst the Aboriginal leaders […]

To help raise awareness of the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children being removed from family, Family Matters asked leaders from across the country to share their reflections during the National Week of Action – on what a new government should prioritise, on what a national strategy to solve this issue should look […]

This story is about Julie. With programs such as Parents as Teachers – Nyngan, and a supportive case worker, Julie was given the opportunity to build her life, create strong networks and strengthen her relationship with her daughter – because family matters. The challenge Julie, a 35-year-old mum with a 9-month-old baby girl named Chrystal, […]

Media Release Last night, the ABC’s Four Corners program exposed the deeply disturbing detention and mistreatment of children and young people held in Queensland’s police watch houses. Almost 60 per cent of children in prison in the state are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. Reports from Queensland’s Public Guardian, Natalie Siegel-Brown, and over 516 files […]