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Scott Morrison’s comments on the 14th anniversary of the Stolen Generations’ Apology show a lack of understanding of what is really needed to ensure healing for First Nations peoples.
As we edge closer to another anniversary of Kevin Rudd’s National Apology to the Stolen Generations, the number of First Nations children in out-of-home has increased.
Child protection notification processes in Australia have a history of disproportionately targeting First Nations families.
Recently, the Commonwealth government created a redress scheme to compensate Stolen Generations survivors. But more needs to be done to address the trauma.
The government recently announced a new reparations scheme for Stolen Generations survivors. However, these survivors are only a fraction of the Indigenous children separated from their families.
The Morrison government will provide $378.6 million for a new redress scheme for Stolen Generation survivors as part of more than $1 billion for its Closing the Gap implementation plan.
The recent discovery of the bodies of Indigenous children being found in Canada reminds us of the dark history of Australia’s treatment of young First Peoples and children here in Australia.
In a survey of Stolen Generation survivors, two-thirds reported a decline in their physical health as a result of COVID restrictions, while 75% reported a decline in their mental health and wellbeing.
We need to stop taking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children out of their homes and listen to elders instead.
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.
Our study of Indigenous young people leaving out-of-home care has identified major deficits in programs designed to help them transition to adulthood.
Signatures developed to replace rituals as a form of legal validation. Indigenous people have seen their marks used against them and rallied communities to use signatures in innovative protests.
State archives hold precious Noongar letters pleading for the return of Stolen Generations children. Among them, I find my grandmother’s grandfather: historical records of love.
In his autobiography, Tell Me Why, musician Archie Roach tells the stories of loss, pain and survival behind his songs.
Indigenous children are admitted to out-of-home care at 11 times the rate for non-Indigenous children. The lack of safe housing for mothers fleeing family violence is a key factor.
Aileen Marwung Walsh’s grandparents were sent to the Moore River Native Settlement, of Rabbit Proof Fence infamy, half a century ago. In 2018, 100 years after the settlement’s founding, she returned.
One of the state’s most significant powers is the ability to remove children from their families. Potential reforms in NSW could expand this already racialised power in frightening ways.
ACMA’s finding on the Sunrise segment is simply holding those responsible to the minimum standards expected.
The tenth Closing the Gap report shows only three of the seven targets are on track to be met.
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor Indigenous Health Equity, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Critical Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Doctoral candidate ANU, Australian National University
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Doctor of the University (Honoary Doctorate) and Managing Director, West Australian Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation, Murdoch University
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Director, Arney Chong Consulting and Positive Futures Research, Adelaide University
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Associate professor, Jumbunna Insitute for Indigenous Education and Research, University of Technology Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, Australian and Aboriginal History, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW
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Aboriginal Enterprise Fellow, Australian Centre for Child Protection, Adelaide University
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Senior Research Fellow, Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW
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Sessional Tutor and Journalist, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Co-Head, Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing, The Kids Research Institute Australia
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Senior Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia