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Global perspective key to addressing Aboriginal child welfare

Overseas child protection programs could hold the answer to curbing South Australia’s growing overrepresentation of Aboriginal children in state care, a child protection worker from the Riverland says.

Leading SA Aboriginal campaigner Tauto Sansbury dies

WARNING: This story contains a photo of a deceased Aboriginal person. South Australia’s Aboriginal community is in mourning following the death of Narungga elder and NAIDOC lifetime achievement winner Tauto Sansbury last night.

Photo: Tracey Nearmy / AAP

SA Child Protection Dept to boost Indigenous staff

The number of Aboriginal people working to stem the flow of children in care is set to double as part of a new State Government plan to better respond to the cultural needs of Aboriginal communities.

The suburban Adelaide address that could be the nation's most important cultural site

In a leaky brick and aluminium warehouse in Adelaide’s western suburbs hides what has been described as one of the most culturally significant sites in Australia – and it’s a place that is perpetually under threat.

Marshall’s Aboriginal art gallery drops “national” from name

The State Government has quietly removed the word “national” from the title of its mooted Aboriginal Art and Cultures Gallery at Lot Fourteen amid competition with the Northern Territory over plans to build what both governments claim will be Australia-first institutions.

Suspended sentence for "shunned" Aboriginal leader

The former chair of the Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia has been given a suspended sentence for defrauding the government-funded organisation of more than $77,000.

Former Aboriginal Health boss faces jail over deception charges

A former public servant and chair of South Australia’s Aboriginal Health Council will be sentenced on Tuesday after being found guilty of 47 counts of deception.

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SA Child Protection Dept to boost Indigenous staff

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