On 12 November 2012, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that she would be recommending to the Governor-General the establishment of a Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse in Australia.

The Summer Foundation and Monash University conducted interviews with 68 people with disabilities and families who received services through the five-year Victorian Younger People in Residential Aged Care (YPIRAC) initiative.

Therapeutic residential care is becoming an increasingly relevant out-of-home care option for children and young people with multiple and complex needs.

This resource sheet provides information about children in out-of-home care in Australia who are on care and protection orders. Out-of-home care refers to the care of children and young people up to 18 years who are unable to live with their families (often due to child abuse and neglect). It involves the placement of a...

The Guardian’s office has released A Community Visitor Program for Children in State Care reporting on the feasibility of introducing a community visitor program for children and young people in state care in South Australia to promote the rights and monitor the wellbeing of young people in residential or inpatient facilities, foster homes, secure sites...