- 1. Abuse and violence in relationships
- (Child protection propaganda)
- ... and Care Leavers published the report of their joint inquiry into children who go missing from care. The report argued that the Government was under-reporting the number of children going missing from ...
- Created on 24 December 2019
- 2. Foster kids fare worse than peers in education and mental health
- (Uncategorised)
- ... trial, led by Anglicare WA, will start on the week of September 9 supporting 15 care leavers in the Fremantle area. The Government announced $440,000 in funding for the trial during Homelessness Wee ...
- Created on 26 August 2019
- 3. Half a million lost childhoods
- (Uncategorised)
- ... themselves as ‘care leavers’ or ‘homies’, children were incarcerated in large group homes until the 1980s in Australia. A 2004 Senate inquiry estimated that at least 500,000 children were placed in institutiona ...
- Created on 30 July 2019
- 4. Why children in institutional care may be worse off now than they were in the 19th century
- (Research on Child Protection)
- ... support across the country. This is in stark contrast to the UK and US, where efforts to increase the numbers of care leavers at university have been in place for almost two decades. National apologies ...
- Created on 22 October 2018
- 5. Canberra children continue to die under the Territory’s ‘care and protection’ system
- (Child abuse industry deaths)
- ... known to CYPS has risen by at least 8 (which of course does not include neglected and abused ca…re leavers – such as Jakob – who died as a result of their time in care). The figures known at the time BCD ...
- Created on 04 May 2018
- 6. Government ignores social workers, campaigners, Lords and more than 100,000 petitioners and forces child protection opt-outs back into Children and Social Work Bill
- (UK Child Protection)
- ... Act of Parliament since 1933 concerning child protection, family support, the care system and support to care leavers, children and young people in custody, and services for disabled children, alongside ...
- Created on 12 December 2016
- 7. "Forced adoptions to continue with support from Labour and Liberal"
- (Uncategorised)
- ... y ever in the best interests of the child, did not listen to our Stolen Generations, Forgotten Australians, Care Leavers and the victims of forced adoptions. I and tens of thousands who have suffered ...
- Created on 04 April 2014
- 8. The high price mothers pay when filing for divorce
- (Court Ordered Abuse)
- ... the safety of children gets lost in a variety of personal agendas, leaving the word “family” in the phrase family court to resemble more of the Sopranos than that of the Cleavers. The results can be devastating...beyond ...
- Created on 23 October 2013
- 9. "Salvation Army says Sorry for Abuse"
- (Salvation Army)
- ... ew up inside orphanages and institutions, welcomed the apology. "It has been a momentous day," Care Leavers Australia Network president Jim Luthy said. CLAN hopes it will lead to an apology by the Sa ...
- Created on 28 January 2013
- 10. "Qld reviews foster child's crash death"
- (Child Protection Australia media articles)
- ... ed her at traffic lights. They activated their flashing lights and the girl sped through a red light but officers chose not to pursue her, Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers has said. Ch ...
- Created on 11 April 2012
- 11. "The Forgotten Australians"
- (Uncategorised)
- ... efits it will provide. The service will provide a single online access point to help care leavers find records held by past care providers. It will have a national 1800 telephone number and a national net ...
- Created on 24 November 2010
- 12. Institutional and Out of Care Outcomes - So the Question Is "Is Foster Care Really Child Protection or Child Abuse" ?
- (Foster Care)
- 42% of Australia’s homeless youth have a ‘protective care’ history 1 Half of all care leavers experience homelessness within the first 12 months of leaving ‘care’ 2 Once homeless, ...
- Created on 19 June 2010
- 13. "National Apology to Forgotten Australians: Never Enough"
- (Uncategorised)
- ... to convey the enormity and gravity of the criminal abuse I and 1000s of System Leavers experienced. Impossible, because nowhere is our harrowing ordeal codified in the pompous pages of cannon law or legislated ...
- Created on 04 November 2009
- 14. Dear DoCs: PT 2
- (Child Protection)
- ... view here. Despite massive community support, Rebekah was told that her concerns were nought as Hazzard is “confident the voices of care leavers and families are respected in Department of Family and ...
- Created on 30 November -0001