In this paper, researchers for Child Family Community Australia identify policy and practice considerations for strengthening the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle.

Australian Institute of Family Studies, 'Enhancing the implementation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle: Policy and practice considerations' (CFCA Paper No 34, 2015)

Placement of Aboriginal children in out of home care with non-Aboriginal families has played a major role in breaking cultural links, including to languages.

Contemporary placement of Aboriginal children with non-Aboriginal families 

From 1987, laws and policies began to incorporate the Aboriginal Child Placement Principles (ACPPs), which aim to prioritise the placement of Aboriginal children with their extended family or kinship group, members of their Aboriginal community, or local Aboriginal families and involve Aboriginal families and organisations in decision-making about placement. However,...

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Australian Institute of Family Studies, 'Enhancing the implementation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle: Policy and practice considerations' (CFCA Paper No 34, 2015)

Contemporary placement of Aboriginal children with non-Aboriginal families

The Aboriginal Children and Young Persons Principle and Child and Young Person Placement Principles