15th International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect

Session Details

Policy / Indigenous

Monday, 20 September 2004 11:45 -13:00

Mezzanine M4

Chair Tim Reddel Queensland Premier and CabinetAustralia

From fostering to flubber? Australian Government directions in Indigenous parenting and child abuse prevention
  • Ms Melinda Tynan, Department of Family and Community Services, Canberra, Australia
  • Mr Julian Pocock, Secretariat of Aboriginal and Islander Child Care Associations (SNAICC), Australia
  • Victim heal thyself: ongoing structural violence at the hands of the state
  • Janet M Hammill, Jundah Aboriginal Corporation, Australia
  • AICCA Dreaming: The vision of Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Care Agencies
  • Rachel Atkinson, Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service (TAIHS), Australia
  • RAATSICC: Promoting the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children within the extended family and cultural community
  • Desley Thompson, Cape/Gulf RAATSICC Network, Australia
  • Ms Betty Woibo, Australia
  • Identifying Barriers to Maintaining Racial and Cultural Identity of Indigenous Children in Care
  • Ms Margaret Butler, Montreal Children's Hospital, Canada