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Published on October 8, 2016, in The Guardian, Michael Lavarch's piece titled "Australia's Imperative: Averting a Modern Stolen Generation Tragedy" draws from the Elliott Johnston Memorial Lecture, "A New Stolen Generation," delivered at Flinders University on October 6, 2016.

Reflecting on events from over a decade ago, in February 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued a formal apology to Indigenous individuals and families affected by the historical forced removal of children.

This significant gesture followed more than 10 years after the release of the Bringing Them Home report.

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As of the 30th of June in 2015, a staggering 43,000 Australian children found themselves living in out-of-home care due to the involvement of state welfare agencies.

This amounted to 8.1 children for every 1,000 in the population. During that same period, 15,000 of these 43,000 children were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youngsters, constituting 35% of all children placed outside their family homes.

Astonishingly, Indigenous children, who make up just 5.5% of the 0-17 age group, were overrepresented in this statistic.

This glaring inequality has only continued to grow, as at the time of the formal apology, Indigenous children were seven times more likely to be separated from their families.

Today, that figure has surged to a disheartening tenfold increase. It's evident that Australia stands at a crucial crossroads in safeguarding the well-being of Aboriginal children.

The nation cannot allow history to repeat itself with children facing separation akin to the painful experiences of the Stolen Generations.

Urgent action is imperative to prevent another tragic chapter in this ongoing struggle for Indigenous child welfare.

However, what actions can be taken? Firstly, there needs to be a clear objective: bridging the divide between Indigenous and non-Indigenous child welfare services.

The argument within the text suggests a modification in the goals aimed at closing this gap, incorporating a specific target to cut in half the number of out-of-home placements for both indigenous and non-indigenous children by 2025.

This adjustment would not only bring attention to the issue but also necessitate the Prime Minister's personal acknowledgment of progress in the annual report to Parliament on gap closure.