"A spokesman for the Department of Community Services tells me the officers were in fact removing the baby to return the child to its foster carers after an access visit to its father. The baby was not living permanently at the embassy.
As for the “stolen generations” accusation, the spokesman says that while the baby was indeed removed from its Aboriginal family for good welfare reasons, its foster carers are themselves Aboriginal.
In summary: An Aboriginal child has indeed just been “stolen”, although not from the tent embassy but another ACT location. Welfare officers at the embassy were removing, not “stealing”, the child. "
