New reports show a widespread lack of care for the cultural needs of many of the 19,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in child protection and out-of-home care.
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Chair of the Prime Minister’s Indigenous Advisory Council, Warren Mundine, told Q&A that $30 billion is spent every year on 500,000 Indigenous people in Australia. Is that right?
We have an ever-increasing number of children and families facing complex challenges and we know next to nothing about who they are and how they are doing.
Sarah Hanson-Young told Q&A that Indigenous children are currently ten times more likely to be living out of home. Is that right?
Many young people in jail suffer fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Diagnosing these before sentencing will establish the most appropriate path for these vulnerable offenders, which often isn’t jail.
Q&A presenter Tony Jones asked psychologist and research fellow Pat Dudgeon if Indigenous youth suicide rates across the top half of Australia are the highest in the world. We check the research evidence.
A new generation of Indigenous youth is being separated from their families and culture – this time by the force of criminal law that ignores the proven alternative of community-based justice.
Most people reasonably assume there is evidence of good long-term outcomes for children who come into contact with child protection systems. Why else would we intervene in the lives of children and their…
Tony Abbott is spending this week in North-East Arnhem Land, part of his long-held hope “to be not just the Prime Minister but the Prime Minister for Aboriginal Affairs”. We asked our experts: what stories…
A few years ago in a quiet corner of Sydney’s Redfern Community Centre, I interviewed a young Aboriginal man, Scott, about his life for a research project. Like many of his contemporaries he grew up in…
Why do young people drop out of school? Many factors influence this critical decision. These include the cost of education (think rising fees, cost of transportation, materials, textbooks and uniforms…
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Professor, Principal Research Fellow & Deputy Head of School, School of Education, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Law, UNSW
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Professor of Indigenous Research, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Criminology, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Art and Associate Dean, Research and Innovation, School of Art, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Director, Arney Chong Consulting and Positive Futures Research, Adelaide University
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Deputy Head of School, School of Rural Medicine, University of New England
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Vice President Victorian Aboriginal Education Assoc Inc & Exec Director Indigenous Strategy and Education, La Trobe University
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Assistant Professor of Media and Information and Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures, Michigan State University
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The University of Melbourne
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Laureate Professor of Education, Director Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Education, La Trobe University
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Chair of Indigenous Health, The University of Melbourne