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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]