This ABS information papter identifies the agreed priorities and action for information development in the area of children and youth. The paper also includes a conceptual framework, identifies key issues in the field, lists data currently available and identifies gaps in data.

From January to December 2005, there were a total of 599 deaths of children and young people aged 0 to 17 years registered in New South Wales. Males accounted for 58.3 per cent of these deaths (349 deaths) and females made up 41.7 per cent (250 deaths). Diseases of the respiratory system were among the...

This report is based on information from three national child protection data collections – child protection notifications, investigations and substantiations; children on care and protection orders; and children in out-of-home care – made each year by the AIHW from the community services departments in each state and territory. Most of the data in this report...

This paper briefly examines the current discourse about child protection, data describing peer abuse and statistical information in relation to documented child abuse, and discusses the appropriateness of proposed interventions. Professional issues related to mandatory notification and the implementation of child protection legislative provisions are then explored as a means of addressing peer abuse on...

In this practice-based research the use of attachment assessments to assist with decision-making about the placement of children in State care is explored. In Aotearoa New Zealand care and protection legislation emphasises the importance of working with families. The central decision-making forum is the Family Group Conference where families, their support people and statutory social...