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Amnesty International

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Arnstein

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ATSICHS Brisbane, 2021, Family and Case Planning, Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJDAmDw1sPE accessed December 2024.

ATSICHS Brisbane (b)

ATSICHS Brisbane, 2021, Family-led decision making, Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G1UT08o86I, accessed September 2025.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2017, Tiwi Islands sistagirls attend the Sydney Mardi Gras for the first time, Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4us7URHkTUk  accessed December 2024.

Australian Government

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Australian Human Rights Commission (a)

Australian Human Rights Commission, 2018, Cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people: A background paper to inform work on child safe organisations. Retrieved from from: https://childsafe.humanrights.gov.au/diverse-needs/cultural-safety accessed December 2024.

Australian Human Rights Commission (b)

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Australian Human Rights Commission (c)

Australian Human Rights Commission, 1997, Bringing them Home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Children from their Families. Retrieved from: https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/bringing-them-home-report-1997 accessed December 2024.

Australian Human Rights Commission (d)

Australian Human Rights Commission, 2017, Human Rights and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Retrieved from: https://social.desa.un.org/issues/indigenous-peoples/united-nations-declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples accessed December 2024.

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (a)

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Aboriginal Policy Reference Group & Muswellbrook Shire Council (c) 

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Aboriginal Policy Reference Group & Muswell brook Shire Council (d) 

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Australian Screen

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Bringing Them Home

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Beyond Blue

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ClinEdAus Enabling Clinical Education Skills

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Closing the Gap

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Deadly Story (b)

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Dudgeon et al. (a)

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Dudgeon et al. (b)

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Emerging Minds

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Evolve Communities (a)

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Evolve Communities (b)

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Evolve Communities (c)

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Evolve Communities (d)

Evolve communities, 2017, What is Sorry Business? National reconciliation week with Evolve, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Dkevlperg accessed September 2025.

Fogarty et al.

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Jones

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Kelly

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Krakouer et al.

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Limelight Creative Media

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Lohoar et al.

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Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (a)

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Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (b)

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Queensland Government (a)

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Queensland Government (e)

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Queensland Government (f)

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Queensland Health (b)

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Reconciliation Australia (d)

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SNAICC (a)

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SNAICC (b)

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SNAICC (c)

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SNAICC (e)

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SNAICC (f)

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SNAICC (h)

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Strong Spirit Strong Mind (a)

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