1 April 2015 | General Interest Dr Chelsea Bond, a senior lecturer in the Oodgeroo Unit at the Queensland University of Technology, has questioned the Government’s “new relationship of engagement with Indigenous Australians”, with news that more frontline services will be forced to shut their doors. “According to the Federal Government, the Indigenous Advancement Strategy […]
National Children’s Commissioner cites racism as factor in child removal
1 April 2015 | General Interest National Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell has acknowledged that racism is an undeniable factor in child removal. Commenting on a number of aspects of the child protection system that must be addressed, Ms Mitchell said she believed racism was playing a part in the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait […]
Aboriginal Children’s Commissioner reviewing every case of out-of-home care in Victoria
1 April 2015 | General Interest In his role as Victorian Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People, Andrew Jackomos is committed to reviewing every case of an Aboriginal child living in out-of-home care across the state. The initiative is the primary component of Taskforce 1000, which was established by Mr Jackomos and the Victorian […]
New publication reviews kinship care surveys
1 April 2015 | General Interest The number of children in protective kinship care in Australia has grown dramatically over the last decade. Child and Family Community Australia has released findings from a review of kinship carer surveys. The publication reviews 13 recent kinship carer surveys and three population studies that outline findings for policy […]
Two new pages for Supporting Carers website
1 April 2015 | General Interest SNAICC has developed two new pages to supplement the Supporting Carers to Care for Our Children website, that provide detailed information on childhood trauma and healing, and connection to language. Supporting Carers is an interactive, user friendly, multi-media online resource designed to support and empower carers of Aboriginal and […]
SNAICC seeks hosts for TYBE training workshops
1 April 2015 | General Interest SNAICC is seeking expressions of interest from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations to host a number of subsidised, two-day, train-the-trainer workshops about how to use the Through Young Black Eyes Workshop Kit. This project will have the overarching goal of supporting healing from – and the prevention of […]
March 2015 edition of SNAICC News hits the streets
31 March 2015 | General Interest Download March 2015 SNAICC Newsletter The first SNAICC News newsletter for 2015 covers the early responses from Indigenous and community services organisations to the Australian Government’s funding announcement under the Indigenous Advancement Strategy, as well as assessing how the Productivity Commission’s report on child care may impact on Aboriginal […]
Strong opposition to WA bill that may increase number of youths in detention
31 March 2015 | Community Announcements Twelve Indigenous and legal organisations have sent an open letter to the Western Australian government urging it not to pass a controversial Bill that would likely see an increase to the already over-represented number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in detention. The organisations have called on […]
Breaking news: Government reverses cuts to Aboriginal legal services
30 March 2015 | General Interest The Australian Government has reversed its decision to drastically cut Aboriginal legal services, in an announcement made by Attorney-General George Brandis on 26 March. The decision not to proceed with cuts to domestic violence and Indigenous legal services was made as a joint announcement from Mr Brandis and the […]
Social service councils call for reversal of $1 billion worth of cuts to community services
30 March 2015 | General Interest Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and all eight state and territory councils of social services have joined forces to call on the Federal Government to urgently reverse the damaging cuts to community services so that they can continue to support the country’s most vulnerable. The Federal Government has identified up to $1 billion […]
