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NITV Radio News - 16/09/2026

‘They need that family’: Calls to address foster care shortages
National foster care advocacy groups are calling for urgent action on Australia's foster care shortage.

Western Australia's child protection policies have come under intensified scrutiny after a group of up to 15 Indigenous children were found living without adult supervision in a public housing home in South Hedland.


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Western Australia's child protection policies have come under intensified scrutiny after a group of up to 15 Indigenous children were found living without adult supervision in a public housing home in South Hedland.


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