Table of contents

  • List of tables (176K PDF)
  • List of figures Acknowledgments Abbreviations
  • Symbols used in the tables
  • Summary
    • Notifications, investigations and substantiations
    • Children on care and protection orders
    • Children in out-of-home care
  • Sections
    1. Background (273K PDF)
      • Child protection systems
        • Reporting of child protection matters
        • The child protection process
        • Important differences among states and territories
        • Changes in child protection policies and practices
        • Family support services
        • Recent policy changes
      • The child protection data
    1. Notifications, investigations and substantiations (296K PDF)
      • Overview
        • Scope of the data collection
        • Categories used for notification and investigations
      • Data and analysis
        • Number of notifications, investigations and substantiations
        • Characteristics of children
        • Rates of children in substantiations
        • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
        • Additional data on notifications and substantiations
    2. Care and protection orders (285K PDF)
      • Overview
        • Children who are in need of care and protection
        • Types of care and protection orders
        • Scope of the data collection
        • State and territory differences
      • Data and analysis
        • Admissions, discharges and orders issued
        • Trends in the number of children on orders
        • Characteristics of children on care and protection orders
        • Rates of children on care and protection orders
        • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

    3. Out-of-home care (294K PDF)

      • Overview
        • Children who are placed in out-of-home care
        • Scope and coverage of out-of-home care data collection
      • Data and analysis
        • Admissions and discharges
        • Trends in numbers in out-of-home care
        • Characteristics of children in out-of-home care
        • Rates of children in out-of-home care
        • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
    4. End matter (229K PDF)
      • Appendixes
        • Appendix 1: Detailed tables
          • Child protection
          • Care and protection orders
          • Out-of-home care
        • Appendix 2: Technical notes
          • Calculation of rates
            • Rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
            • Rates for other (Australian) children.
          • Identification of Indigenous status
            • Children
            • Caregivers
        • Appendix 3: Legislation
          • Child Protection legislation
          • Legislative definition of 'in need of care and protection'
        • Appendix 4: Mandatory reporting requirements
      • Glossary
      • References