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 […]
Family Matters report reveals increasing crisis for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
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 […]
Supporters across the country mobilise for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Media Release Community leaders and more than 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 Axleby, Tony McAvoy and Hannah McGlade are amongst the Aboriginal […]
Overwhelmed youth justice system sees Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children harmed and vulnerable in Queensland watch houses
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 […]
Family Matters Report 2018: The Family Matters Report 2018 urges that investment in prevention is critical to stopping our national child removals crisis
Download the Family Matters Report 2018 The rate at which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are being removed from their families is an escalating national crisis. The Family Matters Report 2018, which is being released at the Healing Our Spirit Worldwide Conference in Sydney today, finds that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are […]
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