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September 23, 2026

Western Australia is experiencing a child safety crisis. Here’s what would help

Jacynta Krakouer, Adelaide University and Renna Gayde, Adelaide University

Media has reported up to 15 children have been living unattended in a squalid house in WA’s Pilbara. While the danger didn’t start overnight, the fixes can.

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November 26, 2021

First Nations children are still being removed at disproportionate rates. Cultural assumptions about parenting need to change

Jacynta Krakouer, Monash University; Alex Bhathal, La Trobe University; Catherine Chamberlain, The University of Melbourne; James C. Beaufils, University of Technology Sydney; Paul Gray, University of Technology Sydney, and Tatiana Corrales, Monash University

Child protection notification processes in Australia have a history of disproportionately targeting First Nations families.

Child protection services must be culturally safe and responsive to the Aboriginal children and families they serve. Jodie Griggs / Getty Images

May 24, 2021

First Nations families need support to stay together, before we create another Stolen Generation

Catherine Chamberlain, La Trobe University; Alison Elliott, La Trobe University; Birri O'Dea, Charles Darwin University; Helen Milroy, The University of Western Australia; Jacynta Krakouer, The University of Melbourne, and Paul Gray, University of Technology Sydney

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are increasingly being removed from their families and placed into out-of-home care, raising concerns of another Stolen Generation.

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