Senate debates
Monday, 22 February 2016
Motions
Aboriginal Children in Out-of-Home Care
4:17 pm
Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source
I move:
That the Senate—
(a) notes that:
(i) Aboriginal children make up less than 5 per cent of the general population, but 35 per cent of children in out-of-home care nationally, and more than 50 per cent in Western Australia, and
(ii) children in out-of-home care experience poor outcomes on a range of indicators; and
(b) calls on the Government to address the unacceptably high rates of Aboriginal children in out-of-home care.
Question agreed to.
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