Action description:
Safe and Supported: the National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children 2021-2031 is the key national mechanism to address Target 12. Its first set of Action Plans, which includes an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander First Action Plan, were released on 31 January 2023.
Priority reform:
All
Outcome:
Outcome 12
Status:
Existing
Is this Indigenous specific?:
Yes
Indicators:
Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care, Rates of substantiation of a notification by type of abuse including emotional abuse and neglect and physical abuse and sexual abuse
Responsible Ministers:
Minister for Social Services
Resourcing:
$30 million
Delivery timeframe:
Completion due by December 2026.
Agency:
Department of Social Services