“It has been nearly a decade since Kevin Rudd's apology, yet child removal rates have increased by 400 per cent.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Yes, but more to it
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Ms Thorpe's claim doesn't check out. Data is not collected on the rate of all child removals. Given the lack of data, experts told Fact Check that the rate of admissions to out-of-home care collected by the Australian I…