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Media Release 12 November 2018 – Joint statement on proposed legislative reforms to the NSW statutory child protection system

Media Release 12 November 2018 – Joint statement on proposed legislative reforms to the NSW statutory child protection system In a deeply troubling and regressive move, the NSW government will this week consider legislation that would allow for the forced adoption of Aboriginal children. The proposed amendment to the Adoption Act 2000 would remove the […]

Media Release 1 November 2018 – Children’s Report calls on Federal Government to eliminate higher rates of disadvantage faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Media Release 1 November 2018 – Children’s Report calls on Federal Government to eliminate higher rates of disadvantage faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children Melbourne, Australia: SNAICC – National Voice for our Children welcomes the release of UNICEF’s The Children’s Report today, which sheds an important light on the widespread disadvantage Aboriginal and […]

SNAICC Submission to the Government of South Australia on the Children and Young People (Oversight and Advocacy Bodies) (Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People) Amendment Bill 2018 – September 2018

SNAICC Submission to the Government of South Australia on the Children and Young People (Oversight and Advocacy Bodies) (Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People) Amendment Bill 2018 – September 2018 SNAICC welcomes this opportunity to make a submission to the South Australian Government on its Children and Young People (Oversight and Advocacy Bodies) (Commissioner for […]

Media Release 5 September 2018 – Underpayment of early childhood educators underscores need for whole-of-system reform

Media Release 5 September 2018 – Underpayment of early childhood educators underscores need for whole-of-system reform Melbourne, Australia: SNAICC – National Voice for our Children unreservedly supports early childhood educators across the country today as they demand equal pay. Early childhood educators – including educators from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander early years sector […]

SNAICC Statement 30 August 2018 – Federal responsibility to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

SNAICC Statement 30 August 2018 – Federal responsibility to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians Self-determination – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led initiatives, working to meet the needs of communities – is the path to ensuring that all of our children can achieve their potential. National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples is an organisation underpinned […]

Productivity Commission report reveals complexity of disadvantage in Australia

A new report from the Productivity Commission reveals “Indigenous Australians are particularly likely to experience income poverty, deprivation and social exclusion.” The report, Rising inequality?: A stocktake of the evidence, finds that the number of Australians living below the poverty line has not decreased in recent years, despite 27 years of uninterrupted economic growth. The […]

Because of her, we can! – NAIDOC Week 2018 reflections

Aliya Chalmers, SNAICC Policy and Research Intern My name is Aliya Chalmers and I am an Aboriginal woman who has grown up on Ngunnawal land in Canberra. Though I am not sure who my mob is, I value, respect and embrace learning of other Aboriginal cultures throughout my lifelong journey in finding my mob. NAIDOC […]

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