This article makes a number of critical recommendations for embedding Aboriginal control in child welfare and out-of-home care systems, particularly in respect of how kinship care is organised.

Tim Ireland, 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Kinship Care' [2018] 51 Developing Practice: The Child, Youth and Family Work Journal 26

Permanency planning is the making of a plan that aims to provide a child with a stable and secure long-term placement following removal  from their family. The principles of permanency planning first emerged in the 1970s in the United States of America and the United Kingdom.