SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Child sexual abuse is widespread in Australia's Aboriginal communities where a "river of grog" or alcohol is destroying indigenous society, leaving children vulnerable to ...

In a moment of deep significance, Aboriginal leaders from across public institutions and political life have come together to ...

Victoria Coroner Simon McGregor found Wednesday that the Australian state’s Department of Fairness, Families and Housing (DFFH) breached the human rights of a 17-year-old Aboriginal teenager who took ...

The child protection system in Australia includes out-of-home care (OoHC) for children and young people at risk of harm and neglect. In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and ...

A former Northern Territory child protection minister has slammed a Royal Commission for ignoring his evidence about underage ...

Disturbing claims including the neglect of children in care forced for months to wait in pain for dental treatment have been ...

(Sydney, March 27, 2025) – Western Australia’s child protection authorities are disproportionately removing children from Aboriginal families and placing them in out-of-home care, Human Rights Watch ...

International Indigenous Policy Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1, Health and Well-Being (May 2011), pp. 1-10 (12 pages) Obesity is a growing issue for all children. Many experts say that preventing obesity is ...

The latest annual government “Closing the Gap” report, produced by the pro-business Productivity Commission, shows a further deterioration in the economic and social conditions affecting indigenous ...

Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Services, based in Wyong, is one of three organisations sharing $44M from the State Government and will use the money to build a ...

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