This chapter reports on the performance of governments in providing child protection, out-of-home care, family support services and intensive family support services.

This chapter focuses on specialist homelessness services funded by government under the Council of Australian Governments National Affordable Housing Agreement and National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness. Other non-specialist homelessness services are not included in this Report.

This chapter focuses on performance information for government-funded school education in Australia.

This chapter reports on the performance of early childhood education and care (ECEC) services, which comprise child care and preschool services.

Key facts: The Australian, State and Territory governments’ recurrent expenditure (including user cost of capital) on VET totalled $5.8 billion in 2016 – a real decrease of 6.7 per cent from 2015. Nationally in 2016: