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120 organisations and commissioners call for national commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

October 24, 2019 By Family Matters

Position paper on establishment of a national commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

More than 120 organisations and commissioners are calling for a national commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in Australia. The call is being led by SNAICC, the national peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and the Family Matters campaign, and comes during National Children’s Week. This is […]

Filed Under: Media releases

Family Matters report reveals increasing crisis for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

October 17, 2019 By Family Matters

The Family Matters Report 2019

Media Release The crisis of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children being over-represented in the child protection systems continues to escalate at an alarming rate, reveals The Family Matters Report 2019 The report also shows a growing trend towards permanent placement away from their families and that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children continue to […]

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Because of them, we must – Toni Janke

May 23, 2019 By Family Matters

Toni Janke is a Wuthathi/Meriam woman from Cape York and Murray Island in the Torres Strait. Toni is Coordinator, Indigenous Services at Centacare Family and Relationship Services in Brisbane, and represents Queensland in the Family Matters Aboriginal Leadership Group. To help raise awareness of the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children being removed […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Because of them, we must – Tony McAvoy

May 23, 2019 By Family Matters

Family Matters: Because of the them, we must

Australia’s first Indigenous Senior Counsel, Tony McAvoy SC is a Wirdi man who is Co-Chair of the Indigenous Legal Issues Committee of the Law Council of Australia, and has recently assisted the Royal Commission into Youth Detention in the Northern Territory. To help raise awareness of the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Because of them, we must – Janine Mohamed

May 23, 2019 By Family Matters

Janine

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 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander children grow up safe
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