Indigenous children nine times more likely to be placed in care, report finds

Productivity Commission report shows nearly 15,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and nearly 28,000 non-Indigenous children were in out-of-home care in 2013-14

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are more than nine times as likely to be placed in out of home care than non-Indigenous children, a new report into government services has found.

The Productivity Commission report into government services found that Indigenous children have a higher rate of engagement with child protection services across nearly all indicators and jurisdictions.

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