NSW ‘effectively abandoned’ strategy to have less Indigenous children in care, ombudsman finds

Report says Aboriginal kids now account for 43.8% of children in out-of home care, up from 38.4%

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The New South Wales government has been lashed for effectively abandoning its own strategy to reduce the representation of Aboriginal children in out-of-home care and failing its own targets.

The state ombudsman, Paul Miller, handed down a scathing report into the five-year Aboriginal Outcomes Strategy (AOS), noting that since its 2017 launch the Department of Communities and Justice appears to have abandoned it without explanation.

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