How to keep Aboriginal kids out of the child protection system (w/ Muriel Bamblett)

Muriel Bamblett is a Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung woman who has been CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency since 1999. She also chairs SNAICC, the peak body representing Indigenous child and family services nationally, among other positions.She speaks with Jess about Closing the Gap target 12: Children are not overrepresented in the child protection system.Information about Muriel is available on VACCA's website.ABOUT LISTEN, LEARN, RESPECTListen, Learn, Respect is the National Apology Foundation’s motto – and the name of this podcast. The not-for-profit foundation was set up after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd left politics to monitor progress in Closing the Gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. In this series of Listen, Learn, Respect, host and National Apology Foundation co-chair Jessica Rudd takes a closer look at some of these targets with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are working to close the gap.We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work – the Turrbal and Jagera peoples – and the Traditional Owners of the lands you are listening on.Feedback: info@nationalapology.org.auCREDITSHost: Jessica RuddGuest: Muriel BamblettExecutive Producer: Melanie ArnostMusic: Tioli by RONA.Recording: River City Studios