Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations and acronyms
    • Preface
      • Executive summary
        • Consultations with the states and territories
        • Data mapping exercise
        • Consultation with Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
        • Conclusion and the way forward
      • Key findings
        • Face-to-face consultation with the state and territories
        • Data mapping
        • Degree of alignment to the CSNMDS
        • Non-financial data in the Report on Government Services
        • Consultation with the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
          • The way forward
  • Body section
    1. Introduction
      • Background
      • Development of the Children's Services National Minimum Data Set
      • Implementation of the CSNMDS
      • Report structure
    2. Report on state and territory consultation prepared by Shina Consulting
      • The project's objectives
      • Overview of the consultation meetings
      • Provision of data manuals and documentation about data collections
      • Feasibility of integration of CSNMDS
      • Integration of departmental data systems
      • Policy planning and program delivery needs
      • Inefficiencies and duplication within systems
      • Other barriers to CSNMDS implementation
      • Conclusion
      • Consultations
      • CSNMDS implementation project
      • New South Wales
      • Victoria
      • Queensland
      • Western Australia
      • South Australia
      • Tasmania
      • Australian Capital Territory
      • Northern Territory
    3. The data mapping exercise
      • Data sources
        • Data sources that are largely common across jurisdictions
        • Where the jurisdictions differ
        • Alignment of state and territory collections to the CSNMDS
        • Non-financial data in the Report on Government Services
        • The National Preschool Census (previously known as the National Indigenous Preschool Census)
      • New South Wales
        • Overview
        • Key features of New South Wales's children's services data collections
        • Data coverage
        • Conceptual, question wording and/or scope differences
      • Victoria
        • Overview
        • Key features of Victoria's children's services data collection
        • Data coverage
        • Conceptual, question wording and/or scope differences
      • Queensland
        • Overview
        • Key features of the Queensland children's services census
        • Data coverage
        • Conceptual, question wording and/or scope differences
        • Additional information provided by DoC
      • Western Australia
        • Overview
        • Key features of Western Australia's children's services data collections
      • South Australia
        • Overview
        • Key features of South Australia's children's services data collections
        • Data coverage
        • Conceptual, question wording and/or scope differences
        • Preschool enrolment form
      • Tasmania
        • Overview
        • Key features of Tasmania's children's services data collections
        • Data coverage
        • Conceptual, question wording and/ or scope differences
        • Kindergarten enrolment form
      • Australian Capital Territory
        • Overview
        • Key features of ACT's children's services data collections
      • Northern Territory
        • Overview
        • Key features of the Northern Territory's children's services data collections
        • Data coverage
        • Conceptual, question wording and/ or scope differences
      • Report on Government Services (ROGS)
        • Summary
        • Key features of the ROGS children's services non-financial data collection
        • Data coverage
      • The National Preschool Census (formerly known as the National Indigenous Preschool Census)
        • Data coverage
        • Alignment to the CSNMDS
    4. Consultation with Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
      • Overview
      • Meetings with Australian Government departments
      • What is the Child Care Management System?
      • Incorporation of the CSNMDS data items into the Australian Government's child care data collections
      • Data reporting capability of the CCMS
      • Longer term direction of the CCMS
    5. Conclusion and the way forward
      • AIHW's suggestions on the path forward
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix 1: Sectors and nomenclature
      • Appendix 2: Roles and responsibilities in children's services
      • Appendix 3: Key stages in the development of the CSNMDS
    • References
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