[News] The Productivity Commission's March 2025 data update on the Closing the Gap initiative reveals that multiple targets are still not being met, highlighting the urgent need for accelerated progress in critical areas including child protection and incarceration rates.

[News] Allies for Children stands firmly with SNAICC – National Voice for our Children and other organisations in rejecting calls for a Royal Commission into the sexual abuse of Aboriginal children.

[Opinion Piece] Dr Dianne Jackson, CEO of Key Assets Australia and Founding partner of Allies for Children discusses how Australia can better leverage its universal services like early childhood education, child and maternal health services, and community programs to deliver proactive early intervention for families.

[News Article] The Guardian - Exclusive: Australia’s child protection system will be transformed with a commitment from the nation’s major child and family care organisations to let Aboriginal community controlled organisations (ACCOs) take the lead with Indigenous children in out-of-home care.

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[News] Allies for Children open letter to The Hon. Lia Finocchiaro to reconsider the proposal to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility in NT.

[News] Allies for Children releases submission on general comment No. 27 on children’s rights in the child justice system, noting themes for further consideration to support children’s rights to access justice and effective remedies.

[Opinion Piece] Claire Robbs, CEO of Life Without Barriers and Founding partner of Allies for Children addresses the recent “youth crime wave”, advocating for early intervention and increased investment in education and employment as key strategies to improve outcomes for young people and ensure community safety.

[Opinion Piece] Dr Lisa J. Griffiths, CEO of OzChild and Founding partner of Allies for Children shares her thoughts about a path for child protection reform, focusing on further investment into early intervention that will allow more Australian children to grow up safely with their families.

[Opinion Piece] Dr Katrina Lines, CEO of Act for Kids and Founding partner of Allies for Children shares a reflection on one of the greatest challenges we face in Australia now, and what we as a community and in the sector need to do to promote unity and healing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families.

[Media Release] The Centre for Excellence with Child and Family Welfare - “We are not unique in Victoria. This is a national problem. We urgently need to rethink caring and consider not just the impact of cost-of-living pressures, but also the changing nature of households, how we work, and the changing needs of children and young people who are entering care,” says The Centre CEO Deb Tsorbaris.

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[Opinion Piece] Simon Kuestenmacher, The New Daily - Analysis of Victoria’s potential foster carers by The Demographics Group, shows that escalating economic pressures, coupled with demographic and societal shifts pose devastating impacts on the available pool of foster carers.

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