New research shows keeping First Nations families together is better for the children’s wellbeing. How can First Nations families be better supported to achieve this?
- Associate professor, Jumbunna Insitute for Indigenous Education and Research, University of Technology Sydney
Child protection notification processes in Australia have a history of disproportionately targeting First Nations families.
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.
Like other Aboriginal leaders of the 1960s, Perkins viewed basic rights – housing, education and employment – as the building blocks of self-reliant communities.
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