Executive summary Overview Increasingly, governments, philanthropy, practitioners and communities in Australia have recognised place-based approaches as a means to tackle disadvantage and address the complex problems faced by children and families in today’s society. However, there is a perceived lack of cohesion in describing place-based approaches as well as limited coordination across policy, practice and...

In some jurisdictions of Australia, the rate of Indigenous children in foster, kinship and residential care on any one night has reached almost one in ten. This rate is almost ten times higher than non-Aboriginal children and has steadily increased over the past decade. Contrast this with rates of non-Indigenous children in out-of-home care, which...

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 video clip outlines the grave need for child protection research and the essential work that the Centre does for Australian children and families.

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...