This audit focused on early intervention services provided through the Child and Family Information, Referral and Support Teams and Integrated Family Services system. It examined whether families can readily access these services and whether services are leading to positive outcomes for vulnerable families. Summary In 2013–14, there were 82 075 reports to child protection in...

This report contains the recommendations and outcomes of the national roundtable Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through the Family Wellbeing program.

The tragic death of four-year old Chloe Valentine in South Australia has raised concerns that the state’s child protection system is in crisis. Following a history of abuse and neglect, Chloe’s mother and her partner repeatedly put Chloe on a 50-kilogram motorbike and filmed her crashing into objects. She later died of her injuries. During...

This presentation by Fiona Arney, Director of the Australian Centre for Child Protection, introduces the centre and outlines the nature of the work they have undertaken for 10 years.

The Hon. Dr Robyn Layton AO QC, former Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia, delivers the Opening Address for the 2014 National Child Protection Annual Forum, discussing the Centre's 10th anniversary and national and international impact as a leading research centre. Layton also discusses her 2002 review of all of South Australian child...