This inquiry explores the experiences of these children and young people who become caught between different parts of the system in Victoria when concerns raised with Child Protection about their safety or wellbeing do not meet the threshold for legal (or statutory) intervention. The report makes 17 findings and 13 recommendations.

This cultural safety guidance offers practical steps to take organisations through the process of establishing culturally safe environments and demonstrate their compliance with the Child Safe Standards law.

Educational engagement and outcomes for children and young people in out-of-home care trail significantly behind those of their peers according to this report.

New Child Safe Standards to strengthen child safety will commence in Victoria on 1 July 2022. This policy document outlines the changes that organisations covered by the Standards will need to enact to comply.

The Out of Sight Inquiry looked at how often children and young people are absent or missing from residential care, why they are absent or missing, what happens when they are, and what can be done to better respond to this issue. The inquiry report was tabled in the Victorian Parliament on 24 June 2021.