Foster carer Sue McLaughlin loves children, "I always said I'd have ten kids and through fostering, I'm getting close!? laughs Sue as she juggles family life and foster care. Sue has two kids, her husband Lee has three children and they look after two babies" nine-month-old Madeline and Ryan, who is almost two.
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"In an ideal world, we'd work with fathers before they become fathers," says Roger Pugh from MacKillop's Safe Early Years team who take the approach that it's never too soon for early intervention.
Father Engagement Outreach workers, Roger Pugh and Mark Colletti, are part of a pioneering team who work with vulnerable families recovering from violence.
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Today marks 10 years since Kevin Rudd's formal apology to the Stolen Generations on behalf of the Australian Government. Although words cannot undo the pain suffered by so many, the apology was a symbolic acknowledgement of the multigenerational trauma experienced by Aboriginal people.
This significant milestone is an opportunity to reflect on the steps we have taken since the apology, as well as the long journey that still lies ahead.
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Completing your final year of high school can be stressful at the best of times. Throw in leaving a violent home and facing homelessness and it takes extraordinary commitment to continue with your studies.
But that is what 18 year old Issaraha (Issy) Braun just did - a young man committed to becoming the best person he can be, to break a cycle of family violence, and navigate his way to a successful career as a chiropractor.
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