The Anmatjere community in Northern Territory lives in a childcare desert with no childcare places available. Located approximately 200km north of Alice Springs, Ti Tree can be classified as a childcare desert, marking 0.0 places per child in the Mitchell Institute’s Childcare Deserts report. A Senate Committee today heard from remote community members about the […]
Media release: SNAICC joins calls to close Don Dale
SNAICC – National Voice for Our Children has joined calls for the Northern Territory Government to close the notorious Don Dale youth detention facility in Darwin. SNAICC CEO Catherine Liddle said concerns about conditions in Don Dale had been aired for many years, but recent reports showed an alarming deterioration inside the facility. Key community […]
Media release: Jobs summit must address early education and care barriers for first nations workers
Tomorrow’s Jobs and Skills Summit must address barriers such as access to childcare that prevent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from engaging in employment and training. SNAICC – National Voice for Our Children CEO Catherine Liddle said the Summit must look beyond quick fixes for current workforce shortages. The Federal Government’s commitment to childcare […]
Media Release: Restore funding to close the gap for our children
The Albanese Federal Government has an opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to Closing the Gapfor our children by reinstating funding in the October Budget for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and family centres. The Abbott Government cut funding in 2014 to 38 Aboriginal Child and Family Centres(ACFCs), undermining efforts to ensure Aboriginal and Torres […]
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day ‘My Dreaming, My Future’
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day celebrations Today we celebrate the custodians of our future, our children, on National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day. SNAICC CEO Catherine Liddle said the day was both a celebration and a reminder of the work that still needs to be done to create a brighter […]
Media release: Mixed bag for children in latest closing the gap data
The latest data on Closing the Gap outcomes shows a mixed result in terms of reaching targets for children and young people. Data released today by the Productivity Commission shows two of three targets are on track, but the number of children starting formal schooling years assessed as being developmentally on track has declined alarmingly. […]
Media release: Solutions are there to fix child protection – what’s missing is the will to do it
No one with any experience or involvement in Australia’s child protection system should be surprised at the latest revelations of children being harmed in out-of-home care. It’s easy to call this a broken system, but it goes much further than that. What it actually means is that the system does not protect our children – […]
Discussion paper: Embedding the full intent of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle in Legislation
Implementing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle in the ACT Are you an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person with lived experience of the child protection system, a service provider, organisation, or peak body in the ACT? SNAICC would like to hear from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and organisations in […]
Media release: Hope for our children this National Sorry Day
On this day 25 years ago the Bringing Them Home report was tabled in Federal Parliament, giving voice to Stolen Generations survivors and highlighting the impact of racist government policies and practices. Today on National Sorry Day we mark this anniversary, acknowledging the role SNAICC played in instigating the National Inquiry into the Separation of […]
Media release: New Government has the opportunity to put children front and centre
SNAICC – National Voice for our Children welcomes commitments from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to make early learning and childcare a priority for his Government. CEO Catherine Liddle said SNAICC is looking forward to working with the new Government to progress much needed policy reform to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children have their […]
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