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Removal of Indigenous children - Lawyer Josephine Cashman says the removal of children is still happening in remote Indigenous communities - "they are living in abject poverty".

White Australia stole Indigenous children. And then stole their victimhood too - Although those who provided testimony to the enquiry are sometimes referred to as the “stolen generation”, they are, tragically, members of many generations of Indigenous children who experienced lives denied the experience of family and culture. The first thefts of Indigenous children occurred in the late 18th century, and continue to this day, with both the removal and incarceration of our children occurring at alarming levels and subject to extreme levels of violence.

Aboriginal children need loving, safe and culturally appropriate homes - Recent arguments about the removal of Indigenous children from their families fail to appreciate the complexity of the issue. Reducing the debate to oversimplified understandings of the factors that contribute to the devastating disparity in outcomes between Indigenous and non- Indigenous children will ...

 A Look at Indigenous Child Removal Policies  - But instead, white women “really thought that indigenous women didn't ... the Removal of Indigenous Children in the American West and Australia , ...

Myths of indigenous child removal don't help Aboriginal kids  - In an article for The Guardian Australia last week, Larissa Behrendt said: “That the number of indigenous children removed from their families is now ...

A high rate of Indigenous child removal in the Northern Territory has led to suggestions another ... - Families are questioning whether protective services are prioritising indigenous children's needs. Muriel Bamblett is the ambassador for the Family ...

Reviving Indigenous languages through old novels, dictionaries and documents  -  Indigenous languages in Australia could number between 300 and 700, ... From the 19th century onwards, the removal of Indigenous children from ...

Removal of Aboriginal children at crisis point and rising  -  Aboriginal people experience rates of suicide almost two times higher than non- Indigenous Australia , and the rate of hospitalisation for self-harm has ...

Indigenous child removal puts burden of care on relatives - Children found to be living in unsafe homes in Western Australia are more likely than ever to be placed in the care of a close relative, an economical shift that satisfies the policy aim of keeping indigenous children connected to family but one that is causing concern among some child advocates.

Shocking new figures show Indigenous child removal crisis is getting worse  - The number of Indigenous children in "out of home care" increased by more ... Almost every jurisdiction experienced significant increases in removals, except for South Australia and Tasmania, where there was a very slight decrease ...

Scheme to avoid 'second stolen generation' criticised for paternalism  - Grandmothers Against Removals says the high rates of removal of Indigenous children from their families in Australia is at crisis point and could create ...

Kids' removal from indigenous families 'at crisis point' - The rate of indigenous children being removed from their families has ... In South Australia , a royal commission recommended this month that the ...

Bid to reduce Indigenous child removal  -  ... say state governments, businesses and community groups must help efforts to reduce soaring levels of Indigenous children being removed from their families.

... Aboriginal babies deemed at risk, without their mothers' knowledge. The state's Aboriginal Children's Commissioner is investigating the ... View article...

Grammy Award-winning band cancels Sunrise appearance over racism controversy - The Man, an American rock band from Alaska currently touring Australia , pulled out of their appearance on Channel 7's breakfast show a little over 12 hours ... mainly having a panel of non- Indigenous people support the removal of children from family and commending the taking of Aboriginal children.

Indigenous child removal in Victoria 'highest since white settlement'  -  Indigenous flag More than one in six of the 6,500 children placed away from their parents in Victoria are Indigenous Australians .  

G20 protesters: Police warn Anonymous activists risk arrest if they wear masks in security zones  - In the first major protest of the G20, indigenous Australians crowded Brisbane streets calling for land rights and an end to the state removal of children.