- 1. 400 deaths, zero convictions: Australia's national shame.
- (Indigenous Murders by Police)
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following article contains names and descriptions of people who have died. On January 2, 2020, Veronica ...
- Created on 29 May 2020
- 2. We have a right to expect government to do what markets cannot: social and economic protection for all of us
- (Australia)
- ... by those communities. As Lorena Allam points out: “Crowding in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities occurs at around three times the rate of the non-Indigenous population, with over 115,000 ...
- Created on 02 May 2020
- 3. A Canadian pension fund could now be the largest owner of water in the Murray Darling Basin
- (Water)
- ... Director of the Institute for Koorie Education at Deakin University in Melbourne. “To lose Country, in this way, is a particular grief for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It’s a messy grief,” ...
- Created on 17 February 2020
- 4. PM blames drought, but there’s been over 100 cases of maladministration in Murray Darling in less than one year
- (Water)
- ... rres Strait Islander peoples as First Australians and recognise their culture, history, diversity and their deep connection to the land. The team at The Australia Institute acknowledges that the Austra ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 5. Report shows improvements to state’s child protection system
- (Child Protection Queensland media and newspaper articles)
- ... protection orders in Queensland was 8.9 per 1,000 children at 30 June 2019 – the lowest of all jurisdictions and below the national average of 10.6. “While Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 6. Child protection not improving despite reforms
- (Uncategorised)
- ... Torres Strait Islander children are overrepresented in child protection systems, they are seven times more likely than non-Indigenous children to be under investigation, care and protection orders and/or ...
- Created on 26 July 2019
- 7. Personal stories of contact with the Queensland adult guardianship system
- (Australian public guardian corruption)
- ... any religious beliefs), must be taken into account. (2) For an adult who is a member of an Aboriginal community or a Torres Strait Islander, this means the importance of maintaining the adult’s Aboriginal ...
- Created on 19 July 2019
- 8. Penny-pinching, raking in huge fees: public trustees under scrutiny
- (Guardianship)
- ... titudes. At the 2015 Senate Inquiry, the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) presented evidence that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are over-represented in the adult gua ...
- Created on 03 February 2019
- 9. Queensland's billion-dollar child safety bill
- (Child Protection Queensland media and newspaper articles)
- ... 1000 children, or 5767 children. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were over-represented in the figures, making up 37 per cent of substantiations. There were 11,157 Queensland children ...
- Created on 21 January 2019
- 10. Research shows Australian government continuing to fail our most vulnerable children almost 30 years after signing the UN Children’s Convention
- (What are people saying about child protection / social services / welfare workers)
- ... to minimum standards for our children by signing the UN Children’s Convention, improvements have been only incremental and isolated.” Mr Stuart said Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, children ...
- Created on 01 November 2018
- 11. Why children in institutional care may be worse off now than they were in the 19th century
- (Research on Child Protection)
- ... due to the failures of the country’s child protection policies. The Bringing Them Home report in 1997 examined the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, ...
- Created on 22 October 2018
- 12. New Queensland Child protection legislation receives assent
- (Legislation and Acts)
- ... long-term care; promote the safe care and connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with their families, communities and cultures; provide a contemporary information sharing regime ...
- Created on 14 November 2017
- 13. Queensland Government criticised for silencing young prisoners in 'cover up' report
- (Youth Detention)
- ... with external Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders to design and implement cultural programs. New independent body to oversee youth detention The Palaszczuk Government has accepted the re ...
- Created on 26 May 2017
- 14. But they should take the children away…
- (Cognitive Dissonance)
- ... proportion of removed indigenous kids offered by the peak lobby group, the Secretariat for National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care, is very misleading. Under the banner of the new ‘Family Matters: ...
- Created on 08 October 2016
- 15. Children removed from families are at highest risk to suicide
- (Child protection statistics)
- ... suicide; the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population of the Kimberley which is the world’s second highest population risk group to suicide – behind Greenland’s Inuit peoples. Despite all the ...
- Created on 27 September 2016
- 16. Alan Jones says Australia needs another stolen generation 'to protect children'
- (Uncategorised)
- ... stolen generation to “protect” children in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families from the drug abuse problems of their parents. The talkback radio host made the comment while complaining about ...
- Created on 15 February 2016
- 17. NSW children's court - important case law
- (DOCS Information)
- ... 90 application to vary order — Re Campbell [2011] NSWSC 761 (see also [4-0170]), FaCS v Kestle [2012] NSWChC 2 (see [4-0180]) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander placement principles — Re Victoria ...
- Created on 14 February 2016
- 18. NSW children's court - important case law
- (Section 90)
- ... 90 application to vary order — Re Campbell [2011] NSWSC 761 (see also [4-0170]), FaCS v Kestle [2012] NSWChC 2 (see [4-0180]) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander placement principles — Re Victoria ...
- Created on 14 February 2016
- 19. ""Reconciliation" Australia is a deceitful con by the Australian government"
- (Uncategorised)
- ... s checked, in order to optimize the allocation of holdings.” The Government plan to profit from the 'inclusion' of 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander' People as an 'Investment'. “In May 2006, the ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 20. Concerns regarding adoption provisions in the 2013 NSW child protection legislation amendment bill
- (Proposed Child Protection Legislation Amendment Bill)
- ... than children and young persons identified as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders) cannot realistically be restored to his or her parents or placed in the guardianship of a relative, kin or suitable ...
- Created on 12 March 2014
- 21. "Can you spot the propaganda??? "
- (Child protection propaganda)
- ... d was removed. DoCS thrive on tearing apart families, not supporting them. For children who are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, every effort is made to place the child with extended family, or Abor ...
- Created on 22 November 2013
- 22. Best practice in the conduct of Care Proceedings in the NSW Children’s Court
- (Law Courts and Legal Matters)
- ... ndment of the Care Act to give the Children’s Court costs powers consistent with those in the Civil Procedure Act 2005: s 98 and s 99. Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Principles 37. An area of emerging ...
- Created on 01 August 2013
- 23. "A new stolen generation"
- (Uncategorised)
- Indigenous communities and families are reeling under the impact of a new stolen generation, as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are removed from their families in staggeringly high numbers. ...
- Created on 10 June 2013
- 24. NSW Child removal rate rise slammed
- (Child protection media articles)
- ... e services is now openly comparing to another Stolen Generations. The Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care will this week launch a national campaign to reduce the numbers of Aborigin ...
- Created on 03 June 2013
- 25. "Protection Reports" : To remove and protect - the Australian government motto of today and yesterday
- (Uncategorised)
- ... s and the Northern Territory." The proceedings of this conference clearly detail the degree of control that the state and territory governments had over Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at th ...
- Created on 26 April 2013
- 26. "Special Services, Referrals and Outcomes"
- (Uncategorised)
- ... public guardian People of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander backgrounds Our elderly population People who are experiencing particular trauma difficulties whilst dealing with government departments. ...
- Created on 21 March 2013
- 27. "Children's Court of Victoria - Family Division - Child Protection"
- (Victoria DHHS)
- ... engage with Aboriginal children and families that come to the attention of the CPS. In the protocol: 'Indigenous' has the same meaning as 'Aboriginal';'Family' includes extended family; and'Care arrange ...
- Created on 24 October 2012
- 28. "WA DCP - Children and Community Services Act 2004"
- (Legislation and Acts)
- ... relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children 11. Relationship with principles in Division 2 12. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child placement principle ...
- Created on 07 February 2012
- 29. "I think there is something big missing from this AAO?"
- (Uncategorised)
- ... with the States) Act 1973u Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005, except to the extent administered by the Minister for Finance and Deregulationu Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission ...
- Created on 27 January 2012
- 30. How Many Committees can Child Protection have ? All these committees and all these people are nothing but complete and total failures at Child Protection.
- (Uncategorised)
- ... Community Activities Robyn Monro Miller Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) Roslynne Webb Family Day Care Association Cheryl Doyle Sue Sheiles Family Day Care ...
- Created on 29 October 2010
- 31. Foster Care excerpt from Wikipedia
- (Foster Care)
- ... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in particular, but not exclusively, placing the child within the wider family or community is preferred[12] This is consistent with the Aboriginal Child Placement Pr ...
- Created on 18 April 2010
- 32. NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet Boards and Committees Registrations
- (Uncategorised)
- ... been under represented such as women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people of culturally diverse backgrounds, people with a disability and young people. Joining the Register If you ...
- Created on 06 March 2010
- 33. Australia: Police protect their own again (1)
- (Police Corruption and Brutality)
- ... e fatal watchhouse fall on Cameron (Mulrunji) Doomadgee sparked almost three years of racial tension and a string of legal and political battles, was yesterday acquitted of unlawfully killing the Palm Islande ...
- Created on 22 June 2007