Article type: Commentary
9 June 2020
Volume 45 Issue 2
Article type: Commentary
9 June 2020
Volume 45 Issue 2
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Towards real support for all Australian children in kinship care and their carers
Meredith Kiraly1 * 
Jill Green2
Tracey Hamilton3
Affiliations
1 University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
2 Kinship carer, New South Wales
3 Kinship carer, Queensland
Correspondence
*Dr Meredith Kiraly
Contributions
Meredith Kiraly -
Jill Green -
Tracey Hamilton -
Meredith Kiraly1 *
Jill Green2
Tracey Hamilton3
Affiliations
1 University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
2 Kinship carer, New South Wales
3 Kinship carer, Queensland
Correspondence
*Dr Meredith Kiraly
CITATION: Kiraly M., Green J., & Hamilton T. (2020). Towards real support for all Australian children in kinship care and their carers. Children Australia, 45(2), 2209. doi.org/10.1017/cha.2020.21
Abstract
The introduction to this article provides a brief overview of current issues in kinship care. This is followed by transcripts of two speeches given by kinship carers at a Kinship Care Forum held in Brisbane in 2020. In these speeches, the speakers described how they became carers, their commitment to the children in their care, the challenges they have faced, the children’s development over time in their care and their struggles to achieve the support they needed.