Family is Culture
Media and commentary related to our work with First Nations partner organisations to implement the recommendations of the Family is Culture report and strengthen rights for First Nations families.
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2SER Breakfast: 2025 National Close the Gap Day
Solicitor and Dharug woman, Kate Sinclair discusses the productivity commission’s new report on Closing the Gap targets.
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Newcastle Herald: Aboriginal families 12 times more likely to experience child removal
The Family is Culture community report called for greater investment into peak Aboriginal bodies.
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ABC News: ‘I was never told I was in care’: The reality behind the rising number of out-of-home children
We joined AbSec, ALS and UTS Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research in calling for urgent action on child protection reforms.
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The Guardian: I worked in child protection for 13 years. Aboriginal families know what’s best for our children
Aunty Debra Swan wrote a powerful opinion piece in the Guardian about her long history fighting for Aboriginal children and what needs to happen now.
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‘Enough is enough’: Aboriginal communities take child protection reform into their own hands after years of government inaction
Reflecting on five years of inaction since the Family Is Culture Review, Aboriginal organisations are calling for urgent and meaningful reform.
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The Guardian: Aboriginal organisations call for urgent overhaul of beleaguered NSW child protection system
Five years after the landmark Family is Culture report, we joined Aboriginal organisations in saying ‘enough is enough’.
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2SER: How the NSW Government is failing Aboriginal families
Solicitor Lucy Kelley joined 2SER breakfast to discuss the recent Community Report Card assessing NSW Government implementation of the Family is Culture review recommendations.
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PIAC receives AbSec’s ‘Walking Together’ award
We were honoured to receive this award, recognising the contribution of a non-Aboriginal agency in partnership with the community.
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NSW Government must commit to Aboriginal-led reform to fix a failing child protection system
The landmark, Aboriginal-led Family is Culture (FIC) Review was commissioned by the NSW Government to improve outcomes for Aboriginal children and families. It examined in detail the increasing and disproportionate number of Aboriginal children removed by the Government into out-of-home care (OOHC) and set out a clear pathway for change. But three years after the…
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The over-representation of First Nations kids in out of home care continues to rise
The rates of removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children by government agencies into out-of-home care (OOHC) nationally continues to worsen. New figures released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) reveal that Indigenous children are now 11.5 times more likely to be placed in care than their non-Indigenous counterparts. This is…