Newcastle Herald: Aboriginal families 12 times more likely to experience child removal

Excerpt from Newcastle Herald:

Newcastle Family and Children’s Services leaders are calling on the NSW Minister for Families and Communities for more investment into early intervention.

A report by AbSec, the Aboriginal Legal Service, UTS Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, and the Justice and Equity Centre says that in 2022-23, Aboriginal children were almost 12 times more likely to be placed in out-of-home care than their non-Aboriginal peers.

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