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245			_a"All I know is I want them home" : _bdisproportionate removal of Aboriginal children from families in Western Australia _cHuman Rights Watch
260			_bHuman Rights Watch, _c2025
300			_aelectronic document (94 pages) ; PDF & HTML files
520			_aThe number of Aboriginal children in out-of-home care in Western Australia has skyrocketed over the past two decades. In 2003, there were 570 Aboriginal children in out-of-home care, comprising about 35 percent of the total children in care. By 2023, this number had risen to 3,068 Aboriginal children, constituting 59 percent of all children in out-of-home care. Despite Aboriginal children making up only about 7 percent of Western Australia’s total child population, they now represent a majority in the state’s care system. Western Australia has the highest rate of overrepresentation of Aboriginal children in out-of-home care of any state or territory in Australia. This report examines the circumstances of Aboriginal children removed from their parents by the Department of Communities in Western Australia to be placed in out-of-home care. Human Rights Watch, working with the local organization National Suicide Prevention and Trauma Recovery Project, interviewed 33 Aboriginal parents from whom the department had removed more than 100 children (the average parent interviewed had three children removed); four Aboriginal children who had been removed from their parents; three Aboriginal young adults who were removed from their parents as children; and 13 grandparents whose grandchildren had been removed from their adult children’s care. Some of the grandparents, children, and young people interviewed were from the same families as the parents interviewed. Human Rights Watch also interviewed two Aboriginal mothers whom the Department of Communities investigated but whose children they did not remove. (From the summary). Record #9203
650		4	_aABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES _974
650		4	_aACCESS (CONTACT) _913886
650		4	_aATTITUDES _970
650		4	_aCAREGIVERS _999
650		4	_aCHILD PROTECTION _9118
650			_aCHILD WELFARE _9124
650			_aCHILDREN _9127
650			_aCOLONISATION _95710
650			_aFAMILY LAW _9244
650		4	_9276 _aGRANDPARENTS
650		4	_aHOMELESSNESS _9296
650		4	_aKAIINGA KORE _913887
650		4	_aINDIGENOUS PEOPLES _9307
650		4	_aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _9431
650		4	_aIWI TAKETAKE _95589
650		4	_aJUSTICE _9333
650			_aKAUMĀTUA _95537
650			_aMĀTUA _95550
650			_aOUT OF HOME CARE _9260
650			_aPARENTS _9430
650			_aPOVERTY _9453
650			_aRACISM _93087
650			_aRONGOĀ WHAKAIRANGI _95692
650			_aSOCIAL SERVICES _9555
650			_aTAIOHI _9595
650			_aTAMARIKI _9597
650			_aSOCIAL WORK PRACTICE _9562
650			_aSUBSTANCE ABUSE _9584
650			_aTAIPŪWHENUATANGA _95548
650			_aTOKO I TE ORA _95247
650			_aTUAKOKA _95561
650			_aTURE WHĀNAU _95982
650			_aWHAKAHĀWEA IWI _97831
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
651			_aAUSTRALIA _92597
651			_aWESTERN AUSTRALIA _93496
710			_aHuman Rights Watch _94714
856			_uhttps://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media_2025/03/australia0325%20web_0.pdf _yDownload report, PDF
856			_uhttps://www.hrw.org/report/2025/03/26/all-i-know-i-want-them-home/disproportionate-removal-aboriginal-children-families#1835 _yRead report online, HTML
856			_uhttps://www.hrw.org/video-photos/video/2025/03/21/australia-disproportionate-removal-aboriginal-children _yWatch video
942			_2ddc _cREPORT _hnews133