Download File The latest report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reveals an already serious situation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children is getting worse. Figures show that one-third of all children in out-home-care in Australia are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and that our children are eight times more likely to […]
UN Committee calls for Aboriginal decision-making on Aboriginal issues
The Committee on the Rights of the Child reviewed Australia’s implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Geneva from 4-5 June 2012. SNAICC was present in Geneva for the review, having been a part of an NGO collective engaged with this Committee over the past couple of years to prepare […]
National Framework for the Protection of Australia’s Children 2009-2020
The Australian Government has recently released the second three-year plan for implementation of the National Framework for the Protection of Australia’s Children 2009-2020 (National Framework). This includes a commitment to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific plan across each of the six outcomes of the National Framework. SNAICC is currently supporting the development of […]
Media Release 25 February 2013 – Appointment National Children’s Commissioner
Download File SNAICC welcomes the appointment of Megan Mitchell as the first National Children’s Commissioner to promote the human rights, wellbeing and development of children and young people in Australia. “We congratulate the Australian Government on its historic announcement and Megan Mitchell on her appointment,” SNAICC Chairperson Sharron Williams said. “This is a hugely positive […]
Media Release 13 February 2013 – Governments must support our organisations to help ‘close the gap’
Download File On the fifth anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations, SNAICC calls on governments to guarantee funding and other support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services to help close the gap on Indigenous disadvantage. Five years ago Kevin Rudd acknowledged and said sorry for past wrongs. The historic apology was […]
Media Release 14 January 2013 – appointment of Professor Helen Milroy as a Royal Commissioner
Download File SNAICC welcomes the appointment of Professor Helen Milroy as one of six Commissioners to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. “Professor Milroy is a descendant of the Palyku people of Western Australia who has extensive clinical experience in working with children and adolescents who have suffered child abuse and […]
Media Release 17 December 2012 – Government cuts a major blow to the territory’s vulnerable children and families
Download File The NT Government’s decision to halve the budget of the peak body SAF,T (Strong Aboriginal Families, Together) — set up only a year ago — is a backward step and a major blow for the territory’s vulnerable Aboriginal children and families. The cuts to SAF,T are part of the Government’s decision to reduce […]
Media Release 10 December 2012 – Human Rights Day
Download File Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a right to be heard and participate in decision-making. SNAICC calls on governments in Australia to heed the themes for this year’s Human Rights Day being celebrated across the globe today: inclusion and the right to participate in public life. In 2012, Human Rights Day focuses […]
Media Release 03 December 2012 – SNAICC and NATSILS Royal Commission into institutional child sexual abuse.
Download File Royal Commission must ensure the engagement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples National peak bodies SNAICC and NATSILS have called for the forthcoming Royal Commission into institutional child sexual abuse to use the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as the basis for its work and ensure the effective engagement […]
Media Release 11 October 2012 – When can our children expect to enjoy the same rights as other Australian children?
Download File The harsh reality is that an Aboriginal baby girl born today — the first International Day of the Girl Child — will face inequality and disadvantage and not enjoy the same human rights as other Australian girls. At birth, the baby girl will join the most disadvantaged and vulnerable section of Australian society: […]
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