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Life Without Barriers will transfer responsibility of fostered Aboriginal children to Indigenous-led services

Keiran Dent sees the benefits of Aboriginal-led child protection and family support firsthand. (ABC Radio Perth: Alicia Bridges)

A major Australian community service organisation has announced it will transfer its responsibility for the foster care services of hundreds of Aboriginal children to Indigenous-led services, hoping to ensure decision-making about foster care for Aboriginal children is more often made by Indigenous people.

Life Without Barriers, which has more than 1,000 Aboriginal children in its care around Australia, says it will start phasing out all foster care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

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