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'Failing us': commissioner quits over child safety laws

A children's commissioner has resigned in protest over a territory's controversial child protection reforms.

AAP · Jul 10

Child safety changes risk separating Australia’s First Nations children from their culture – and causing even more harm

Indigenous advocates say culture is safety for children. But proposals in Queensland and the Northern Territory could weaken that link

The Guardian - AU · Jun 21

NT laws to allow police to hold young people for 48 hours will be ‘funnelling Aboriginal children into prisons’, advocates warn

Police will be able to question children without an adult present and hold them after being charged under draft laws introduced by the CLP

The Guardian - AU · May 18

Child protection systems 'failing' Indigenous children

More Indigenous children placed in out-of-home care should be reunited with family to improve their outcomes, says a peak body urging governments to step up.

AAP · Sep 30, 2025

Jailing is failing: youth prison numbers under scrutiny

Tough on crime approaches are failing to make communities safer, instead undermining the rights of children and increasing incarceration rates, advocates say.

AAP · Jun 25, 2025

Kids have 'no hope' with tough on crime policies

Tough on crime policies do not work, a senate inquiry has been told as advocates call for oversight of state and territory youth justice legislation.

AAP · Feb 3, 2025

Dutton’s Plan For A Royal Commission Into Child Sex Abuse In Remote Communities Slammed

"Singling out Aboriginal families and communities is harmful and puts ideology before evidence."

Pedestrian.tv · Jan 30, 2025

Warning 'discriminatory' changes target Aboriginal kids

The Northern Territory government has been urged to drop proposed changes that would make it easier to remove Aboriginal children from their communities.

AAP · Jan 18, 2025

Indigenous kids removed from family at growing rates

Governments must get serious in supporting 'woefully underfunded' community organisations as a report reveals the startling rate of Indigenous child removals.

AAP · Nov 21, 2024

One in two: Half the kids in detention have experienced abuse or neglect

Report highlights value of early intervention for at-risk kids

Newcastle Herald · Oct 28, 2024