Indigenous children make up more than a third of the total out-of-home care population

Isaiah Dawe at the Family Matters launch in Canberra Source: SBS

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children's over-representation in child protection systems continues to escalate at an alarming rate.

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The over-representation of Indigenous children in out- of- home care was revealed in this year's Family Matters Report, which is part of a strategy aiming to close this gap by 2040.