First Peoples child protection
Alternative labels
Indigenous child protection
Briefing paper
Development of a National Action Plan and National Indigenous Children’s Well Being and Development Taskforce to prevent and respond to Indigenous child abuse and neglect
SNAICC - National Voice for our Children continues to demand a properly planned response to the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families across Australia.
Report
Ampe Akelyernemane Meke Mekarle "Little children are sacred": Report of the NT Board of Inquiry into the protection of Aboriginal children from sexual abuse
The Board of Inquiry was created by the Northern Territory Government in August 2006 to research and report on allegations of sexual abuse of Aboriginal children. The Inquiry was established to find better ways to protect Aboriginal children from sexual abuse. The Inquiry gathered and reviewed a vast amount of information that was shaped into...
Literature review
The recruitment, retention, and support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander foster carers: a literature review
There are significantly fewer Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers than there are Indigenous children in out of home care. This report examines the recruitment, retention, training, assessment and support of Indigenous people caring for these children.
Report
Child abuse and neglect in Indigenous Australian communities
Available national statistics and research are used to briefly outline what is known about child abuse in Indigenous communities and its causes.
Report
State of denial: the neglect and abuse of children in the Northern Territory
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...