The 13th anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations on 13 February is an historic day for Australia in acknowledging the wrongs of the past, but the impact of child removal on First Nations children and families continues decades on. In 2008, the Australian government finally said sorry for unjustly removing generations of […]

For Australia’s First Nations children and families, the arrival of the First Fleet on 26 January 1788 is not a day of national celebration as it was based on the lie that this great continent was terra nullius – ‘nobody’s land’. The National Agreement on Closing the Gap is an opportunity for us to make […]

SNAICC – National Voice for Our Children, the national peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, is excited to announce Catherine Liddle has been appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer. Catherine will commence the role on 8 February 2021. An Arrernte/Luritja woman from Central Australia, she comes to SNAICC with a […]

SNAICC and the Family Matters National Leadership Group welcome the recent announcement of increased powers for South Australia’s Aboriginal Children’s Commissioner. Last week, Minister Gardner introduced the Bill to amend the Children and Young People (Oversight and Advocacy Bodies) Act 2016, to establish the position of the Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People in […]

SNAICC – National Voice for our Children is deeply concerned about the increasing number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care being placed away from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and carers, as revealed in a new report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) today.    The […]

SNAICC – National Voice for our Children is devastated by the tragic deaths of three children in the Northern Territory that are currently being examined by the NT coroner and calls for greater action to protect our children from sexual abuse. SNAICC supports Minister Wyatt’s call for all levels of government to work together to […]

SNAICC – National Voice for our Children, is proud to celebrate National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day (Children’s Day) on 4 August. As the national peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, our theme for Children’s Day 2020 is: We are the Elders of tomorrow, hear our voice. Our Elders are […]

SNAICC – National Voice for our Children came together with more than 50 other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled peak bodies to negotiate a comprehensive National Agreement on Closing the Gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The new National Agreement is a commitment from all governments to fundamentally change the way they work with […]

SNAICC – National Voice for our Children urges the Northern Territory Government to take swift action to address the systematic failures that have led to the continued abuse of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care.  The recent investigative report released by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner Northern Territory reveals 12 Aboriginal […]

Since the death of George Floyd, who was callously killed in the US on 25 May from the brutal force of a police officer, the call for an end to systemic racism that enables this brand of brutality against people of colour has reverberated around the world. In Australia, with more than 430 deaths of […]