Aboriginal families 12 times more likely to experience child removal

A report by AbSec, the Aboriginal Legal Service, UTS Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, and the Justice and Equity Centre says that in 2022-23, Aboriginal children were almost 12 times more likely to be placed in out-of-home care than their non-Aboriginal peers. Picture by Shutterstock.

NEWCASTLE Family and Children's Services leaders are calling on the NSW Minister for Families and Communities for more investment into early intervention.

The need is urgent, they say, particularly for Aboriginal families who are almost 12 times more likely to experience child removal.