Indigenous Infants 10 Times More Likely to be Placed into Out-of-Home Care

Indigenous newborns and babies less than one year old are being removed from their parents and placed into out-of-home care at increased rates.

The study said that Indigenous infants in Western Australia had been removed and placed into care at 10 times the rate of non-indigenous infants, and warned it should be seen as a priority requiring urgent action to prevent further inter-generational trauma.

Professor Rhonda Marriott said the government should put money into supporting parenting services co-designed with Aboriginal community-controlled organisations.