What is kinship care? Why is it favoured for Aboriginal children over foster care?
- Written by Jocelyn Jones, Research Associate in Justice Health and Social Issues, Curtin University
The 1997 Bringing Them Home report into the removal of Aboriginal children from their families was a turning point in Australia’s history. The inquiry rejected past government policies of assimilation and endorsed the importance of keeping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with their families.
Reducing the over-representation of...
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