Child protection Australia 2016–17
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Topic: Child protection
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) Child protection Australia 2016–17, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 01 October 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Child protection Australia 2016–17. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Child protection Australia 2016–17. AIHW, 2018.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Child protection Australia 2016–17. Canberra: AIHW; 2018.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018, Child protection Australia 2016–17, AIHW, Canberra.
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During 2016–17, 168,352 (30.8 per 1,000) Australian children received child protection services (investigation, care and protection order and/or were in out-of-home care). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were 7 times as likely as non-Indigenous children to have received child protection services. This report also showed that children from geographically remote areas were more likely to be the subject of a substantiation, or be in out-of-home care than those from major cities.
- ISSN: 2205-5037 (PDF) 1320-081X (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-307-5
- Cat. no: CWS 63
- Pages: 102
Findings from this report:
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1 in 32 children received child protection services
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74% of children who received child protection services were repeat clients
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32,600 children have been in out-of-home care for 2 years or more
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Children from Very remote areas are 4 times as likely as those from Major cities to be the subject of a substantiation