SNAICC has appointed Richard Weston as Chief Executive Officer. Richard comes to SNAICC after working in Indigenous-controlled health services in far west New South Wales and Queensland for 14 years. He has more than 25 years’ experience working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs and is a descendant of the Meriam people of the […]

Over 1200 delegates support a call for a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s strategy With more than 1200 delegates meeting on the land of the Kaurna people in Adelaide, the past three days have been a truly exhilarating experience for us. We have been able to share our knowledge and experiences in raising […]

A national conference of over 1200 Aboriginal and Torres Strait child development workers in Adelaide is calling for a strategy to eliminate the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in out-of-home care. The 8th SNAICC National Conference begins this morning at the Adelaide Convention Centre. Our children are 11 times more likely to be […]

More than 1200 delegates including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s services, health and wellbeing workers from the government and non-government sectors are in Adelaide this week for the 8th SNAICC National Conference. The 8th SNAICC National Conference is a chance for people from communities across the country to come together to share knowledge about […]

Statement: SNAICC pays tribute to ‘Nanna’ Ningali Lawford-Wolf – Ambassador of Children’s Day 2019 SNAICC – National Voice for our Children was shocked and saddened by the recent sudden passing of Wangkatjungka woman Ningali Lawford-Wolf while on tour in Scotland for the theatre performance of The Secret River. A Wangkatjungka woman born under a tree […]

Media Release 4 August 2019 – Australia celebrates National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day SNAICC – National Voice for our Children, the peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, has been coordinating National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day (Children’s Day) for over 30 years. The theme for Children’s Day […]