This report is an evaluation of the Keeping Families Healthy Together model, its key insights, strategies and outcomes. An Aboriginal women-led model of care developed within the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, with a particular focus on the Gawler region of South Australia, the model is grounded in Indigenous knowledge systems, cultural governance and...

This report provides an overview of AbSec’s February 2025 sector forum which brought together stakeholders to deliberate and shape the future of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and family sector in New South Wales. Key outcomes included strengthened collective advocacy, shared priorities for reform and a renewed commitment to self-determination as the foundation...

The project set out to understand and support Aboriginal women living in Melbourne’s west whose families had negative encounters with child protection services. The findings demonstrate that cultural healing and projects like the Blak Women’s Healing project are central to better understanding and supporting the healing and resilience of Aboriginal communities.

An inquiry into the current regression of the Closing the Gap targets on the rates of suicide, the number of children in out-of-home care, adult incarceration and the number of children commencing school who are developmentally on track. This interim report considers some of the themes identified in the evidence received so far and makes...

This review of the evidence on First Nations women's engagement with the family law system in the context of family violence finds limited available research. It recommends further research to identify and better understand this issue and improve outcomes for First Nations people.