New Stolen Generation by DoCS protest, Parliament House, Sydney (Macquarie St)

PROTESTING AGAINST:

Manipulation of the Child Protection Act resulting in increased 'FALSE-positive' cases, with no chance of having these cases already in the system resolved.

Mandatory reporting causing the increased removal of children.  This is sending out a clear message to Australia that it is NOT OK to call social welfare services for help or ring the police for help when needed - as you are contributing to your own 'risk of harm' report.

Increased abuse of children — in the worst cases resulting in death after their removal from their parents on 'notice of risk reports' which may be obtained unethically.  These innocent children are still left with no outlet to be heard.

Meanwhile, the innocent children still left with their abusive parents CONTINUE to be physically abused, tortured and emotionally traumatised - in worst cases resulting in death.  This organisation was created to stop this process from happening.  Abusers are too smart to be found by DoCS, leaving DoCS to focus on the paperwork they get from Mandatory Reporting to justify their existence to the Government.

Corruption of the Children's and Family Courts leaving parents with nowhere to go due to the legal net the children have been placed in, as Legal Aid DO NOT FUND GRANTS for appeals unless there is a 100% chance of winning the case.

The new wave of tactics legally is to 'gag' the parents at the Children's Court, making them sign undertakings preventing them from speaking out - using the threat of suspension from seeing their children.

DoCS do not review carer's - if there is a concern they simply move them to another carer.  They will not restore a child to their birth parents due to their outdated policies and the legalities behind this. 

The separation of siblings during the child removal process to 'protect them from remembered trauma' so that they can rehabilitate the child more effectively.  This does even more damage to the child and is unnecessarily cruel.

We honour and support ‘Luke’s Army’, ‘Citizens Against DoCS’ & 'Safer Family Law'.