Aboriginal-led research requires Aboriginal-led oversight
Bring Them Home, Keep Them Home is led by, governed by and accountable to Aboriginal people and communities.
The research is guided by Aboriginal community partners and the Aboriginal Governance Group. Together, they help ensure that the research reflects Aboriginal communities’ experiences, knowledge and priorities, and that the findings are shared and used in ways that benefit Aboriginal communities.
Partnered with Aboriginal organisations across NSW
Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation work with the research team throughout the project. They help ensure that the research is grounded in Aboriginal communities’ experiences, knowledge and priorities.
Our community partners are:
Accountable to Aboriginal communities through the Aboriginal Governance Group
The Aboriginal Governance Group provides Aboriginal-led oversight of Bring Them Home, Keep Them Home. The Group helps guide the research and holds the research team accountable to Aboriginal people and communities.
The Aboriginal Governance Group members are:
Partner representatives
AbSec
South Coast Medical Service Aboriginal Corporation
Waminda
Mounty Aboriginal Youth and Community Services
Academic representatives
University of Technology, Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education and Research
PhD candidate, RMIT University
Community representatives
Aboriginal Children on Country
Professional and sector expert
Family Inclusion Strategies Hunter
Grandmothers Against Removals
Professional and sector expert
Ethics Approval
The research has been reviewed and approved through Aboriginal and university ethics processes. These processes help ensure that the research is conducted safely, respectfully and in ways that protect the rights and wellbeing of Aboriginal families, communities and research participants.
Provides Aboriginal-specific ethical oversight and ensures that the research meets community- determined standards for working with Aboriginal families and data.
Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council of NSW
Provides institutional ethical oversight in line with UNSW's research governance requirements.
UNSW Sydney Human Research Ethics Committee
The Bring Them Home Keep Them Home research using the NSW Child E-Cohort Project Data Platform has also been approved by:
NSW Population and Health Services Research Ethics Committee
Provides scientific and ethical review of population health research that uses or links routinely collected health and other statewide data.
NSW Corrective Services Ethics Committee
Provides ethical oversight of studies using Corrective Services data, linked through the NSW Child E-Cohort Project Data Platform.