The Bringing them home Report made the following recommendations on
the Indigenous child placement principle.
HREOC recommends implementation of the Bringing them home Report recommendations (Standard 6:
Indigenous child placement principle, s 51 a — e) in the national child protection framework.
Not exact matches
The disproportionate
placement of
Indigenous children in non-
Indigenous foster homes has been damaging to both individuals and communities.
The draft response of the New South Wales Government foreshadows a desire to extend the current scope of the ACPP to cover all
placements of
Indigenous children and not just those following a court order, and to articulate more clearly the circumstances in which discretion is exercised not to apply the ACPP.
(See the bottom of the post for important reading on the
placement of
Indigenous children in out of home care from Victoria's Commissioner for Aboriginal Ch
children in out of home care from Victoria's Commissioner for Aboriginal
ChildrenChildren).
look at current laws, policies and practices affecting the
placement and care of
Indigenous children.