9 July 2015 | General Interest The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse resumed its public hearing into out-of-home care in Sydney from Monday 29 June. This is the second stage of the Royal Commission’s public hearing examining preventing child sexual abuse in out-of-home care and responding to allegations of child sexual […]
Kevin Rudd calls for new Closing the Gap target to reduce Indigenous incarceration rates
27 February 2015 | General Interest Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has highlighted the alarmingly high rates of incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and Indigenous child removals in a speech to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations. Speaking at Parliament House in Sydney, Mr Rudd pointed […]
Early childhood education and care needs bipartisan support and much greater investment, says ECA
27 February 2015 | General Interest National children’s peak body Early Childhood Australia (ECA) says the Productivity Commission Final Report into Child Care and Early Childhood Learning provides a comprehensive review of the current system, and underlines the need for reforms to make child care more “flexible, affordable and accessible.” However, ECA believes the report […]
New Knowledge Circle practice profile
26 February 2015 | Community Announcements Families and Schools Together (Northern Territory) has a new practice profile on the Knowledge Circle. A whole of family support program, FAST NT works in a variety of urban and remote Australian communities and attempts to give children the best start in life by improving their engagement with school and by […]
Indigenous Legal Needs Project completes field research
26 February 2015 | Community Announcements The civil and family law needs of Indigenous people in WA marks the completion of series of jurisdictional reports from the Indigenous Legal Needs Project (ILNP). The aim of the project was to identify and analyse the legal needs of Indigenous communities in non-criminal legal areas, such as discrimination, […]
Healing our Stolen Generations webinar video
26 February 2015 | Community Announcements Commemorating the anniversary of the national apology, the Healing Foundation hosted a public forum on 12 February 2015 about healing and the Stolen Generations. The forum provided an opportunity for members of the Stolen Generations to share their stories with a focus on how they have healed, and continue […]
Grandmother Against Removals releases statement on anniversary of national apology
26 February 2015 | Community Announcements On the anniversary of the national apology, the Grandmothers Against Removals National Committee marched to Parliament House to protest against the growing number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children entering out-of-home care. Grandmother Against Removals released a statement to coincide with the march, which was distributed across the […]
Community grants to award $2 million to youth-focused organisations
26 February 2015 | Community Announcements This year the Commonwealth Bank of Australia will award $2 million to youth-focused community organisations across the country. The 2015 Commonwealth Bank Staff Community Fund Community Grants will provide individual grants of up to $10,000 to organisations that run, manage, conduct or implement programs that support children and youth […]
Australian Disability and Indigenous Peoples’ Education Fund open for applications
26 February 2015 | Community Announcements The Australian Disability and Indigenous Peoples’ Education Fund is about helping people complete or undertake courses and programs through providing small grants. Education is continuously growing, developing, and changing. With the development of technology education has become more accessible for people with disabilities, leading to higher levels of study being completed. For […]
East Arnhem Mediation office lost in cyclone — can you help rebuild it?
26 February 2015 | Community Announcements When Cyclone Lam hit Galiwin’ku (Elcho Island), off the coast of Darwin, in February it destroyed numerous buildings across the town. Among them was the East Arnhem Mediation office, which was completely flattened by the category four cyclone. The building was home to the Sunrise Alliance Inc, a not-for-profit […]
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