Multiple Indigenous organisations have joined growing calls for the NSW government to scrap a key part of its child protection infrastructure that is being criticised as 'racially biased'. 9News
But the peak body for Indigenous children and families in NSW is concerned the review won't go far enough and another Indigenous support service has raised concerns about the way the system handles domestic violence.The Queensland Family and Child Commission last year found the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care in the state grew by 7.6 per cent
Leha said he didn't think the framework was salvageable and stressed the importance of a system that accounts for in-built systemic and cultural biases rather than reinforcing them. "The review is considering how to improve the decision-making and intervention process at a system, practitioner and family level," a spokesperson said.
"The tool targets Aboriginal children by scoring families with previous child protection involvement," executive manager Lisa Wellington and programs manager Kimberly Chiswell told 9news.com.au in a statement.
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