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Indigenous children are leaving out-of-home care to uncertain futures. This is the support they need

  • Written by Phillip Mendes, Associate Professor, Director Social Inclusion and Social Policy Research Unit, Monash University
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The Black Lives Matter protests have highlighted concerns about white-dominated systems and structures and the oppression of Indigenous people. Most notable is the high rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody.

Another less-publicised but equally significant concern is the large number of Indigenous children in...

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