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On 26 September 2019, Australia's Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs, the Hon Jason Wood MP, launched guidance for businesses and other organisations required to report under the Modern Slavery Act 2018, which includes reference to orphanage trafficking. This guidance offers a case study on orphanage trafficking as well as information on orphanage trafficking as a form of modern slavery and how entities can identify it in their operations and supply chains.
This document outlines the partnership between the Victorian Government, Victorian Aboriginal communities and the child and family services sector. The agreement reads as us:
"All Aboriginal children and young people are safe, resilient, thriving and living in culturally rich, strong Aboriginal families and communities.
Wungurilwil Gapgapduir: Aboriginal Children and Families Agreement (the agreement) establishes the aims, objectives and suite of actions based on seven principles, including the guiding principle of Aboriginal self-determination.
The agreement will operate as…
Starting with a formal proposal to FACS titled “Prevention and Participation: A community response to the crisis of Aboriginal child removal”, GMAR has worked with the New England FACS District Office and the NSW Ombudsman over the past 12 months to develop this set of guiding principles to improve the collaboration between FACS and Aboriginal communities on child protection matters. It is intended to be a guide that may be used by Aboriginal communities and regional FACS offices across NSW.
Recognizing the need for a consistent and standardized framework for the provision of child protection services, the Government of Western Australia’s Department for Child Protection established the following tool. The Department has a legislative role in safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children, and to provide for their protection and care in circumstances where their parents have not given, or are unlikely or unable to give, that protection and care. In recognition of this responsibility, it became evident that the sector would be best suited by one set of standards applicable…