UNICEF’s latest report card outlines a number of gaps in Australia’s performance for children, in particular around quality education and food security.

This report presents findings from the Melbourne Children’s Knowledge Translation & Research Impact Framework project.

Summary This report presents information on ear and hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in the Northern Territory. The Australian Government funded these programs and the Northern Territory Government delivered them. Service delivery In 2015-16, 2,253 outreach audiology services were provided to 1,981 children and young people...

The ICPS Research to Practice Series links the findings of research undertaken by the Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University, to the development of policy and practice in the area of child, youth and family welfare. This issue explores what works to help people make the choice to become a foster carers, and...

Summary Adoption numbers continued to decline In 2015–16, 278 adoptions were recorded as finalised. This is the lowest annual number of adoptions on record, and is a fall of 5% from the 292 adoptions in 2014–15, and of 74% from the 1,052 adoptions 25 years earlier, in 1991-92. The decline over the past decade has...