Thank you for supporting our open letter to the Minister for Child Protection, the Hon. Simone McGurk in Western Australia.
Your name and organisation will be added below, and we will keep you informed of developments with the WA Amendment Bill.
Yours faithfully
Richard Weston (SNAICC – National Voice for our Children)
Barbara Henry (Noongar Family Safety and Wellbeing Council)
We support the call for important changes to child protection legislation in Western Australia
Organisations
Aboriginal Family Legal Services (WA) Aboriginal Legal Service of WA Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Amnesty Anglicare WA Australian Association of Social Workers Australian Childhood Foundation Australian Childhood Foundation (WA) Australian South Sea Islanders (Port Jackson) Bringing Them Home WA Inc Centre for Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention, UWA Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University Child and Family Alliance WA Child Australia Concerned Australians Far West Community Legal Centre Ltd/Warra Warra Legal Service Foundation for Indigenous Recovery & Development, Australia (FIRDA) GetUp Indigenous People’s Organization – Australia Indigenous Allied Health Australia Key Assets Lidia Thorpe – Victorian Senator Life Without Barriers Members of the National FVPLS Forum National FVPLS Forum Moorditch Gurlongga Association (Coolabaroo) National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service National Indigenous Postvention Service National Justice Project NATSIPA Palmerston Association Parkerville Children and Youth Care Salt & Pepper Outreach Team SA Shelter WA UNICEF Australia Victoria Park Youth Accommodation WA Council of Social Service Wanslea Limited West Australian Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation Westlink Computer Services The Wollotuka Institute Wungening Moort – Wungening Aboriginal Corporation YMCA WA Yokai Healing our Spirit Yorganop |
Individuals
ACT
Bianca
Bruce
Jacqueline (Thirrili Ltd)
Judy (Australian National University)
Kimberley (KH Consultancy)
Dr Virginia (Australian National University)
Vanessa (University of Sydney)
New South Wales
Aden
Ariane
Bianca
Dea
Emma D
Emma H
Fiona
George
Jason
Jemi
Katy
Marije
Mark
Melissa
Naomi
Natalie (IndigenousX)
Nelly
Paul
Rawan
Saoirse
Shane
Sophie
Tony
Northern Territory
Brionee (Aboriginal Peak Organisations NT)
Queensland
Janine
Gary (Synergy Nation Group)
Hari
Joanne (Rainforest Aboriginal Peoples’ Strategic Custodial Think Tank)
John
Kayeliah
Kimberley
Phillip (Torres Strait)
Dr Sharlene (University of Queensland)
Tabitha
Vanessa
South Australia
Jo (Life Without Barriers)
Nicole
Sue
Tanya (Family Matters SA)
Tasmania
Puralia
Victoria
Amanda
Antoinette
Cathryn
Darcel
Emma
Glenn
Jacynta
James T
James W
Jason
Jo
Judith
Kate
Lucy
Marguerite
Paora
Roxanne
Sabine
Sue-Anne
Terri
Western Australia
Adam (practitioner)
Alan
Anthony (Parkerville Children & Youth Care)
Bellamore
Brett
Brin
Cain
Carol
Caitlin
Carlyn
Christine
Claire
Corina
Cramer (Yorganop)
Denae
Diane
Eadie
Ellen (UWA)
Emelia
Emily
Fiona
Francine
Gail
Geraldine (Goodstart Early Learning)
Gina
Greg
Hannah
Hayley
J
Jack
Janine
Jette
Jessica
Jessica
Jo
Joanne
Jocelyn
Jodi
Johnny
Judith
Katrina
Kiah
Kiara
Kim (Goodstart Early Learning)
Laura
Lisa
Lochlan
Louise
Lynette
Mark
Marziya
Margaret
Melinda (Goodstart Early Learning)
Melissa
Melissa
Michael
Misty
Nita
Pauline
Renna (lived experience advisor)
Renee
Rhian
Rosemary (Bringing Them Home Inc)
Roslyn
Sahar
Sherrie (Department of Education)
Stephanie (SM Consultancy)
Stacy
Summaiya
Suvendrini
Tahnee
Tamara
Tracey
Todd
Veronica
Wendy (Goodstart Early Learning)