Those assessing child protection cases will be required to weigh up the impact colonisation and intergenerational trauma has had on vulnerable Aboriginal families under legislation being debated in the Victorian parliament. | sumeyyailanbey
Victoria is the first state in the country to enshrine in law the requirement for decision-makers to consider the impacts of colonisation and intergenerational trauma on vulnerable Aboriginal families.
Under the proposed law, fewer Aboriginal children will be separated from their families – and for shorter periods of time – while Indigenous organisations, such as the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency, will be empowered to manage cases. Opposition child protection spokesman Matt Bach said the Coalition “wholeheartedly” supported the new bill, but called on the government to deal with another critical piece of legislation.“A 2019 evaluation of the Aboriginal Kinship Finding program, which DFFH commissioned, found that around 56 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in [out of home care] in Victoria are placed with a non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carer,” the report stated.
The Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency is also pushing the government to enshrine in the since-delayed youth legislation bill a statement of recognition that will require the judiciary to consider effects of colonisation on Aboriginal youth offenders. Opposition child protection spokesman Matt Bach said the Coalition “wholeheartedly” supported the proposed legislation, but urged the government to stop stymying debate on the Children, Youth and Families Amendment Bill introduced to the upper house 250 days ago.
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