Aboriginal organisations call for urgent overhaul of beleaguered NSW child protection system

Aboriginal children are almost 12 times more likely to be placed in out-of-home care than non-Aboriginal children in NSW, up from 9.5 times in 2017-18, a review says. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Five years after a damning report on the failings of the New South Wales child protection system recommended sweeping changes to prevent harm and trauma to vulnerable Indigenous children and families, an independent review has found that only 12 of its 126 recommendations have been fully implemented by the Minns government.

Aboriginal organisations across NSW are calling for urgent and meaningful reforms to the child protection system, urging that leadership of these vital changes be transferred from government control to the hands of Aboriginal communities.