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SNAICC & Family Matters outline model options for a national commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people

November 19, 2020 By Family Matters

Call for a national commissioner

SNAICC – National Voice for our Children and the Family Matters campaign have worked together with key partners to build momentum for the establishment of a national commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in Australia. In October 2019, SNAICC developed a Position Paper on the establishment of a national commissioner […]

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Family Matters Report 2020 reveals Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children continue to be separated from families and culture at an alarming rate

November 16, 2020 By Family Matters

Family Matters Report 2020

The rising tide of over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children removed from their families continues at an alarming rate, with the majority of those children permanently separated from their parents. The Family Matters Report 2020, launched today, reveals that our children continue to be removed from family and kin at disproportionate rates – […]

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Family Matters welcomes Sue-Anne Hunter as new co-chair

September 14, 2020 By Family Matters

Sue-Anne Hunter

SNAICC and the Family Matters National Leadership Group are excited to announce the appointment of Sue-Anne Hunter as the new co-chair of Family Matters, Australia’s national campaign to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people grow up in family, community and culture. Sue-Anne Hunter is a proud Wurundjeri and Ngurai illum wurrung […]

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‘A new stolen generation’ – On National Sorry Day, Family Matters calls on governments to take action for our children

May 26, 2020 By Family Matters

Family Matters

On National Sorry Day, Family Matters acknowledges the Stolen Generations who were forcibly removed from their families, and the ongoing impact and trauma that prevails from historical government policies embedded into our child protection systems today. After 23 years since the Bringing Them Home report was tabled, our Stolen Generations continue to experience higher rates […]

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Huge thanks, farewell and best wishes Nat

May 19, 2020 By Family Matters

It is with some sadness, but a lot of excitement and optimism, that I write to inform you that our Family Matters Co-Chair Natalie Lewis will be resigning from her Family Matters role, to join the Queensland Family and Child Commission as its new Commissioner.  In her four years with the Family Matters campaign, Natalie […]

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Family Matters is Australia’s
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Islander children grow up safe
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