the only way to reduce the overrepresentation of children in out-of-home care
- Written by BJ Newton, Senior Research Fellow in Social Policy and Social Work, UNSW

We are edging closer to another anniversary of Kevin Rudd’s National Apology to the Stolen Generations on February 13.
At the time of the National Apology in 2008, there were 9,070 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care in Australia. Today, that number has increased to approximately 18,900, with First...