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Less than sixteen cents in every dollar spent on Australia’s child protection system goes towards early intervention programs aimed at keeping families intact. That's the finding of a new report from the peak body for Indigenous children which says investing in family supports is key to preventing child removals.

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00:00This Aboriginal health service works with First Nations families from the earliest stages
00:07of their pregnancies right through childhood into adulthood.
00:11You walk in the door, it's hello, how you going?
00:15I feel like no judgement is here when you're coming in to use a service and people here
00:20show lots of empathy for clients.
00:23But as the rate of First Nations children being removed from their parents continues
00:27to worsen, a new report shows family support services make up less than 16% of overall
00:34spending on child protection.
00:36The rest of it goes into removing children.
00:39The system has not caught up and this is something that needs to change.
00:43Kids will always want to be with their families and their parents and the people who know and
00:47love them the most.
00:49Family support services can include parental education, help with housing, financial stress
00:55and mental health.
00:56Experts say First Nations services deliver the best results for First Nations families.
01:02We can build on the strength of our families and communities and provide the supports that
01:07are going to reduce their vulnerability.
01:12Why are you taking the kids from their parents?
01:15You need to put more effort into keeping kids with their families rather than removing them.
01:22Holistic healthcare for brighter futures.
01:29Thank myself for inviting me.
01:30Let me put up the backup, for last生 me community.
01:34Let me сп板 my kid with family.
01:36Where are you going to get them from?
01:36Let me see.
01:37Let me put the phone coming from you.
01:39Let me fuck with you.
01:41I'm trying to remember these two key, because I have shared surah, by having them control
01:43of other people and these two devices.
01:44Okay.
01:45Let me put you all utility together on theformance of the monépoque that helps me out
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