Few studies have examined associations between child maltreatment and criminal justice system involvement using large nationally representative samples and comprehensive measures of self‑reported maltreatment. This study analyses nationally representative data from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study.

In this report, the National Children’s Commissioner makes 18 recommendations about how the National Child and Family Investment Strategy should work.

This report presents the voices and child abuse experiences of young girls in Australia, detailing their experiences of abuse within the home, and the impacts of family violence on their lives.

This Commission of Inquiry was prompted by a groundswell of community concern in 2019–20 over child sexual abuse in Tasmanian Government institutions. It followed media reporting of incidents of abuse and inadequacies in the Government’s response to these incidents.

This publication reports key findings from the new Australian Child Maltreatment Study. The findings show that child maltreatment is very widespread in Australia.