This week Assistant Minister for Children & Families David Gillespie said laws should change to allow Indigenous children to be placed with non-Indigenous families for their own protection. Actor Rarriwuy Hick says this suggestion is ill-informed and ignorant to the ties of country and family. She and her father are currently the carers for her two young nephews. She explains what his comments (and the notorious Sunrise discussion that followed) mean to her.

<p>This week Assistant Minister for Children &amp; Families David Gillespie said laws should change to allow Indigenous children to be placed with non-Indigenous families for their own protection. Actor Rarriwuy Hick says this suggestion is ill-informed and ignorant to the ties of country and family. She and her father are currently the carers for her two young nephews. She explains what his comments (and the notorious Sunrise discussion that followed) mean to her.</p>

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