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 the Aboriginal and...

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 been examining how the...

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...

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 privately or provided a...

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,...

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,...

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...

Pressure is mounting on the State Government to lift the age of criminal responsibility in South Australia from 10 to 14 years, but Attorney-General Vickie Chapman says no decision will be made until a federal review is handed down. Read the full article (InDaily,...

Aboriginal babies deemed at-risk by South Australia’s Child Protection Department are being removed from their mothers at Adelaide hospitals, not long after birth, in processes advocates say are unnecessarily cruel and opaque. Stephanie Richards talks to...