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To Voice or not to Voice, that is the question

Danielle Kutchel, Wednesday, 15th February 2023 -  The Voice to Parliament is shaping up to be the defining political moment of the year, so what is the social and for-purpose sector doing about it? As debate around the Indigenous Voice

Eyes turn to federal budget

Ruby Kraner-Tucci, Monday, 6th February 2023 -  What do for-purpose organisations want to see in Albo’s first full budget in May? The Albanese government’s first federal budget last October may have delivered a mixed bag for the

Federal funding for Voice, Aboriginal kids, prison diversion and Indigenous health

Isabelle Oderberg, Tuesday, 25th October 2022 -  Indigenous health, Aboriginal children and First Nations-led prison diversion programs are all set to receive more funding after budget nods. Indigenous health is a winner in the

Limited progress on Closing the Gap, as Australia mourns a legend

Danielle Kutchel, Monday, 1st August 2022 -  Limited data means the lack of a clear picture of how we are progressing on Closing the Gap, as Australia mourns one of its foremost campaigners for justice for First Nations.  The latest

Indigenous leaders plead for action on rising out-of-home care numbers

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 13th December 2021 -  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are 10 times more likely to be in out-of-home care or permanent care than non-Indigenous children Experts say the out-of-home care

‘Our communities are the experts’: The new partnership moving services into the Aboriginal community-controlled sector

Luke Michael, Monday, 20th September 2021 -  One of Australia’s largest providers of out-of-home care services is teaming up with the peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children Life Without Barriers has pledged

Advocates fear Indigenous kids are losing connections to their culture

Luke Michael, Wednesday, 21st October 2020 -  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are around 9.7 times more likely to be in out-of-home care than non-Indigenous kids   Indigenous groups are concerned by new research

‘We want to see change’: Calls for national commissioner for Indigenous children

Luke Michael, Friday, 25th October 2019 -  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people are 17 times more likely to be in juvenile detention and 10 times more likely to be in out-of-home care More than 80 community

Government urged to break the cycle of trauma for Indigenous children

Luke Michael, Wednesday, 22nd May 2019 -  Indigenous groups are calling on the re-elected Morrison government to take concrete action on the overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home

Peak Aboriginal Body Call For Collaboration With Abbott

Maggie Coggan, Friday, 31st August 2018 -  A peak body for Indigenous children and families is calling on the newly appointed Special Envoy for Indigenous Affairs, to “work alongside” communities to create positive change

Governments Have Failed Indigenous Children

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 4th June 2013 -  A Canadian children’s rights advocate has told a major conference on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children that children are powerful advocates for their own rights…

Demand On Child Protection Policies

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 28th July 2010 -  Three of Australia’s peak family welfare Not for Profit organisations – the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC), the Child and Family…
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