Critical capital: recovery and justice

The ANU Law Reform and Social Justice (LRSJ) Indigenous Reconciliation Projects invites you to join us for a screening of After the Apology followed by an online keynote address by Ngunnawal woman Dr Sharynne Hamilton on Wednesday, 22 February 2023. The event will provide you with the opportunity to engage with how the child protection system continues to fail Aboriginal and Torres Strait peoples, separating children from families at an increasing and disproportionate rate. You will also be hearing from Dr Hamilton on her extensive knowledge and research on models of reform within the child protection system for moving forward, particularly within the ACT.

About After the Apology

Four grandmothers' find each other and start a national movement to place extended families as a key solution to the rising number of Aboriginal children in out-of-home care. They are not only taking on the system, they are changing it.

Dr Sharynne Hamilton is a Ngunnawal woman living on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar. She is a Senior Research Fellow and the Co-Head of Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing at Telethon Kids Institute in Perth. She is a leading expert and advocate for children and families involved with the child protection and youth justice systems. Focused on healing, recovery and wellbeing, her research has centred on equitable access to culturally relevant support and advocacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities involved with statutory systems.