First Nations women and their newborns are considered high risk due to fatality rates and access to care. Research shows First Nations-led culturally safe healthcare could prevent further deaths.
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Only a fraction of aged care homes currently have staffing levels above the new minimum ratios that will be mandatory from next year.
Attendance at school is crucial to improving educational outcomes for students. Unfortunately, children in out-of-home care face myriad challenges when it comes to attending school every day.
Most exit the out-of-home care system at 18, or younger, without ongoing support.
Families need support to care for their children safely, rather than having their children removed.
A new bill in NSW seeks to reduce First Nations children in out-of-home care. Before the bill can become law, it must pass the lower house.
As we edge closer to another anniversary of Kevin Rudd’s National Apology to the Stolen Generations, the number of First Nations children in out-of-home has increased.
Child protection notification processes in Australia have a history of disproportionately targeting First Nations families.
Recently, the Commonwealth government created a redress scheme to compensate Stolen Generations survivors. But more needs to be done to address the trauma.
The government recently announced a new reparations scheme for Stolen Generations survivors. However, these survivors are only a fraction of the Indigenous children separated from their families.
Pandemic-induced lockdowns have brought up challenges for children in out-of-home care and their carers. However, Kinship care provided unexpected positives for Aboriginal elders and their families.
We need to stop taking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children out of their homes and listen to elders instead.
New research suggests that 20% of existing foster carer households may be affected in some way by the virus, and that we have a unique opportunity to support vulnerable children in the months ahead.
Family violence issues are likely to be exacerbated by the COVID-10 pandemic. Lockdown can especially affect women and children who may wish to escape an abusive relationship or receive support.
What’s most concerning is children are being charged in out of home care for unnecessary and avoidable offences. We need to do a better job of placing children safe environments.
An evaluation of a therapeutic foster care program has shown significant improvements in children previously thought too complex and challenging for foster care.
Older Australians needing extra help at home with bathing or gardening can now choose who provides that service. So what do you need to know before choosing a new service for yourself or a family member?
Few people are talking about how children in residential care and those in juvenile jail are essentially the same people.
Homeless children charged in NSW with a criminal offence who are unable to meet bail conditions are being kept in custody. It’s due, in part, to a well-meant but flawed section of the Bail Act.
The NSW government’s latest promised solution to well-documented abuse in the out-of-home care system is, in fact, a re-run of promises made by the Carr government more than a decade ago.
Top contributors
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Director, Kath McFarlane Consulting & Adjunct Associate Professor, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Professor & Director, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University
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Deputy Director: Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia
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Professor Indigenous Health Equity, The University of Melbourne
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Deputy Director (Research) Peter Underwood Centre, University of Tasmania
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ARC Research Fellow in Indigenous Health, Disability and Community Development, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in Early Childhood Development, The University of Western Australia
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Perinatal and pediatric epidemiologist; distinguished professorial fellow, Telethon Kids Institute
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Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Director, Arney Chong Consulting and Positive Futures Research, University of South Australia
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Professor in Ageing and Health, University of Sydney
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Professor, Director Social Inclusion and Social Policy Research Unit, Monash University
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Professor Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing, Murdoch University
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Professor and Co-Director, Australian Centre Child Protection, University of South Australia
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Senior Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
