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...

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 Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People April Lawrie has today released Holding on to Our Future, the final report of the Inquiry into the removal and placement of Aboriginal children in South Australia. The Inquiry, which commenced in mid-2022,...

Release date: 11/01/24 Public hearings for an Inquiry into the removal and placement of Aboriginal children and young people in South Australia are now complete. Evidence was heard from 25 witnesses involved in child protection services, including the Chief...

Release date: 9/11/23 Public hearings into the removal and placement of Aboriginal children and young people in South Australia have commenced. The hearings are being held to explore priority areas identified in the Commissioner’s Inquiry into the application of...

Release date: 4/10/23 The Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People April Lawrie has today released a preliminary report from her Inquiry into the removal and placement of Aboriginal children in South Australia. The Inquiry, launched in mid-2022, has...

Last month, First Nations Children’s Commissioners, Guardians and Advocates throughout Australia came together as a group for the very first time in Brisbane, on Yuggera and Turrbul country. Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People, April Lawrie, and...

8 February 2023 | Media release issued by the Queensland Government on behalf of First Nations caucus members | All Australian First Nations children’s commissioners, guardians and advocates have agreed to a raft of national advocacy priorities required to improve...

Release date: 19/12/22 Over the past six months, I have visited communities across South Australia to talk with Aboriginal people about their recent experiences of removal and placement of Aboriginal children and young people into care. Others have met with me...

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,...