14 July 2015 | Community Announcements The Healing Foundation is hosting a public forum about healing and mental health. Wherever you are around Australia, you can participate via the web. Join a select panel of Aboriginal leaders who will discuss the connection between healing and mental health. You can then join the discussion about how […]
New report and video highlight importance of sibling relationships for children in out-of-home care
14 July 2015 | General Interest There is compelling evidence to show that contact with siblings is the most important stabilising relationship for children living in out-of-home care, yet 35 per cent of Australian children and young people currently in placements do not live with brothers or sisters who are also in care. These are […]
SNAICC and GMAR discuss changes needed to stop the removal of Aboriginal children and restore children safely to family
14 July 2015 | General Interest SNAICC was honoured to host the key founders of Grandmothers Against Removals (GMAR) for strategic policy meetings in Melbourne recently, before helping to facilitate an open forum that enabled the GMAR leaders to connect with several leading Victorian services. GMAR is a movement of grandparents that seek the restoration […]
Western Australian Government supports Aboriginal Child and Family Centres
14 July 2015 | General Interest SNAICC congratulates the Western Australian Government on its leadership to secure futures for the five Aboriginal Child and Family Centres located across the state. We hope that this move will enable the Centres to continue operating as culturally strong, integrated education and family support services. The Centres in Western […]
Ministers meet with our leaders on progressing constitutional recognition
13 July 2015 | General Interest 40 influential Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders have met with the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader to discuss constitutional recognition and a possible referendum. In a rare joint press release Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten stated that the meeting had moved Australia closer to […]
Consultations on Australian Government child care sector reforms
13 July 2015 | General Interest In May the Australian Government announced a series of reforms to the childcare sector. The Government has now published a Regulation Impact Statement, and is seeking comments from service providers, families and the general public on how the proposed changes will impact families and services. Feedback can be provided […]
Practice reform positions available at QATSICPP
10 July 2015 | Community Announcements The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP) is searching for two Senior Practice Leaders to join its team in leading practice reforms. QATSICPP, established in 2009, works to provide support to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population of Queensland, particularly children and young people. […]
NPY Women’s Council Walytjapiti program releases new parenting supporting resource
10 July 2015 | General Interest An excellent new resource from the NPY Women’s Council Walytjapiti program provides practical information to support first time parents with key issues related to parenting, including keeping children safe and how best to support children’s development. Published in conjunction with Child and Family Wellbeing Services, Caring for Kids: tjitji […]
New ACOSS report reveals growing inequality
10 July 2015 | General Interest On 22 June the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) released Inequality in Australia: A Nation Divided. This report is the first of its kind, and analyses trends in income and wealth inequality in Australia over the last 20 years. The report reveals that income inequality in Australia is […]
AIHW releases The health and welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: 2015
10 July 2015 | General Interest The health and welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2015 is the eighth in a series of Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) reports combining a range of statistical data from across the Australian health and welfare systems. The report examines differences between Aboriginal and […]
