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Keira Jenkins

Child removal 'deepening wounds' in Indigenous families

Western Australia spends the least amount of money on family support programs. (HANDOUT/SNAICC)

Removing children from already vulnerable families is deepening wounds among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, under a system that focuses on policing families over providing support, a report has found.

Aboriginal children in Western Australia are 20 times more likely to be in out-of-home care than non-Indigenous kids, the highest over-representation rate in the country, according to the report from Human Rights Watch.

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