Release Date: Tuesday 17 September 2024 Reform of South Australia’s child safety legislation does not go far enough to reverse the over-representation of Aboriginal children and young people in the State’s child protection system. Commissioner for Aboriginal Children...
The 17th session of United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous People (EMPRIP) in Geneva, Switzerland highlighted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child removals with interventions on 9 July by United Nations member on the Permanent Forum for the...
South Australia’s first Aboriginal Children’s Commissioner has launched a year-long Royal Commission-like inquiry into the State Government’s removal of Aboriginal children. Read the full article (InDaily, 1/7/2022)
A new top-level inquiry will examine why so many Indigenous children end up in care – amid fears SA is heading towards repeating the Stolen Generation. Read the full article (The Advertiser, 30/6/2022)
More than two years after her appointment, the State Government has finally moved to allow South Australia’s inaugural Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People to investigate “pressing systemic issues” facing Indigenous youth. Read the full article...
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