No one is advocating to keep Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in unsafe situations. On this we are all in agreement. We share responsibilities to ensure the right of every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child to be safe and thrive in family, community and culture. Their safety is paramount, our children must be […]

Today, across Australia, over 17,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are living in out-of-home care, more than twice as many children than on this day in 2008 when the Parliament of Australia apologised. Ten years ago today, the nation stopped as then Prime Minister Rudd apologised, on behalf of successive governments, for removing generations […]

Family Matters welcomes the focus on protecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from today’s COAG meeting, and encourages the establishment of a target and strategy to genuinely address the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children removed from their families. As the nation prepares to reflect on a decade passing since the Apology […]

Download the Family Matters Report 2017 The rate at which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are removed from their families is an escalating national crisis. Without immediate action from all levels of government further generations of children will be lost to their families, cultures and communities, according to a new report from the Family […]