The Victorian Aboriginal Early Years Health Framework is a holistic strategy aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in their first 1000 days. This publication establishes and synthesises evidence-based strategies of best practice in health strategies and initiatives for Indigenous peoples, both nationally and internationally.

There has long been consensus that domestic and family violence, parental mental health issues and alcohol and other drug use are strongly interlinked and increase the risk of children and young people entering out-of-home care. This study observes those interconnections, and is one of the first external projects to use the newly established NSW Human...

This Evidence to Action Note includes a checklist for caseworkers on how to best support a child or young person in out-of-home care, who is at risk of mental health disorders or self-harm.

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.

This report sets out the findings of the Evaluation of Children's Contact Centre Activity, funded by the Australian Attorney-General’s Department.