TY - JOUR
T1 - The protection of cultural identity in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children exiting from Statutory Out of Home Care via Permanent Care Orders
T2 - Further observations on the risk of cultural disconnection to inform a policy and legislative reform framework
AU - Cripps, Kyllie
AU - Laurens, Julian
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children continue to be significantly overrepresented across all age groups in the Australian Out-of-Home Care system ('OOHC'). Recent data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare paints a worrying trend. From 2010 to 30 June 2015, the rate by which Indigenous children were placed in OOHC care rose from 40.4 to 52.5 per 1000 children. For the same period, the non-Indigenous rate rose only slightly from 5.1 to 5.5 per 1000 children. This disparity was evident across all jurisdictions, though there were fluctuations. Overall, nationally the rate of Indigenous children entering OOHC was 9.5 times that for non-Indigenous children. Of the 43 399 children in OOHC at June 2015, 15 455 were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
AB - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children continue to be significantly overrepresented across all age groups in the Australian Out-of-Home Care system ('OOHC'). Recent data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare paints a worrying trend. From 2010 to 30 June 2015, the rate by which Indigenous children were placed in OOHC care rose from 40.4 to 52.5 per 1000 children. For the same period, the non-Indigenous rate rose only slightly from 5.1 to 5.5 per 1000 children. This disparity was evident across all jurisdictions, though there were fluctuations. Overall, nationally the rate of Indigenous children entering OOHC was 9.5 times that for non-Indigenous children. Of the 43 399 children in OOHC at June 2015, 15 455 were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
M3 - Article
SN - 1835-0186
VL - 19
SP - 70
EP - 87
JO - Australian Indigenous Law Review
JF - Australian Indigenous Law Review
IS - 1
ER -