This report examines the circumstances of Aboriginal children removed from their parents by the Department of Communities in Western Australia to be placed in out-of-home care. It presents a series of recommendations for both the Western Australian government and federal government. 

Despite the state's legislation and policy claiming removals should only occur when it is in the 'best interests' of children to protect them from harm, parents contended the Department of Communities unjustifiably removed their children and punished them for situations beyond their control, such as homelessness or being a victim of domestic violence, instead of providing them with the support to care for their children.

Homelessness is not listed in Western Australian law as a form of abuse or neglect that can deem a child needs protection. However, the report found some of the department’s policy documents on neglect seemed to conflate homelessness (a symptom of poverty) with neglect.