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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

Because of them, we must – Muriel Bamblett

May 23, 2019 By Family Matters

Muriel Bamblett

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

Because of them, we must – Antoinette Braybrook and Djirra’s holistic approach

May 23, 2019 By Family Matters

Antoinette Braybrook

Djirra is an Aboriginal community-controlled organisation, which provides holistic, culturally safe and specialist legal and non-legal support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who experience family violence – predominantly women. Djirra also designs and delivers important, community-based early intervention and prevention programs and undertakes policy and law reform work to improve access to justice, […]

Filed Under: Community

Because of them, we must – Mick Dodson

May 23, 2019 By Family Matters

Professor Mick Dodson

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

Because of them, we must – Rodney Dillon

May 22, 2019 By Family Matters

Family Matters: Because of the them, we must

Rodney Dillon is a Palawa Elder from Tasmania, the Indigenous Rights Advisor for Amnesty International Australia, member of the Stolen Generations Alliance: Australians for Truth, Justice and Healing, and a former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commissioner (ATSIC) for Tasmania. To help raise awareness of the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children being […]

Filed Under: Opinion

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Family Matters is Australia’s
national campaign to ensure
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander children grow up safe
and cared for surrounded by
their own family, community and
culture.
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