Never again'? Resonances of the past in contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child removal

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ID2641669
AuthorsAnne Maree Payne (0000-0002-2273-0253, UNSW Sydney, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume16
Issue3
Pages104-122
Publication date2024-12-16
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCosmopolitan Civil Societies An Interdisciplinary Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1837-5391 • E-ISSN: 1837-5391
PublisherUniversity of Technology, Sydney (UTS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5130/ccs.v16.i3.9294
OpenAlexW4405438029
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited7

Kevin Rudd's 2007 Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples acknowledged the devastating impact of child removal on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities and included a commitment that 'the injustices of the past must never, never happen again' (Parliament of Australia 2008). Today however, while First Nations children comprise 6% of the total child population in Australia, they make up 41% of children in out-of-home care (SNAICC 2024b). This article explores the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child removal during the Stolen Generations era, considering the ongoing impacts of this history on First Nations families today. While there have been changes, I identify significant continuities between past and contemporary child removal. These disturbing resonances of the past highlight the failed promise of Australian governments to deliver meaningful change in contemporary First Nations child removal policies and practices and to ensure that the mistakes of the past are not being repeated

Ethnology · Indigenous · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Demography · Gender Studies · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law

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