The information gathered from this project will be used by the Department of Family and Community Services to support the development of new parenting initiatives, policies and programs relating to parenting information and support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents and carers.

This research explored reasons for the lower recorded rates of child abuse and neglect and child removal for Indigenous in the Northern Territory. Regrettably, the research found that the child protection system in the Northern Territory is seriously failing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families. The report includes a series of reform...