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Rudi Maxwell

New legal partnership aimed at reducing child removals

Indigenous advocates hope a new approach to child protection cases will keep more families together. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Indigenous, legal and family advocates are hoping a new way of approaching child protection cases in NSW will keep more families together.

The NSW/ACT Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS), Legal Aid and the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) have formed a partnership to ensure all families, particularly Indigenous families, involved in out-of-home care matters get early legal advice.

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