James C. Beaufils

The Conversation

July 12, 2026

Indigenous child protection is often a political football. Here’s what would actually help

James C. Beaufils, University of Technology Sydney and Todd Fernando, University of Technology Sydney

The real test is not whether governments can remove children faster. It’s whether they can invest enough that fewer children need to be removed at all.

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September 2, 2024

Locking up young people might make you feel safer but it doesn’t work, now or in the long term

Chris Cunneen, University of Technology Sydney; Fiona Allison, University of Technology Sydney, and James C. Beaufils, University of Technology Sydney

In attempts to curb youth crime, the NT government wants to lower the age of criminal responsibility, while the Coalition in Queensland wants to try children as adults for some crimes.

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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.

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Indigenous child protection is often a political football. Here’s what would actually help

Locking up young people might make you feel safer but it doesn’t work, now or in the long term

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

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