Adoptions Australia 1998-99
Presents adoption statistics provided by the State and Territory community services departments for the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999. These cover all finalised adoptions reported to State and Territory community services departments during that year. The report provides information on adopted children, adoptive families and birth mothers. It also provides data on the number of requests for information and the number of contact and information vetoes lodged by parties to the adoption.
Comparison of data items in selected children's services collections
This report was prepared by the AIHW in collaboration with the Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services. The report explores issues associated with the development of a national minimum data set for children's services through a detailed examination of four Australian children's services data collections and other relevant national data collections or definitions.
Comparability of child protection data
Examines the comparability of child protection data across the States and Territories of Australia. Several options for improving comparability are described in the report, involving the adoption of a generic reporting framework and several enhancements to the national child protection data collection.
Australia's young people 1999: Their health and wellbeing
Australia's Young People: Their Health and Wellbeing 1999 is the first national report on the health status of young people aged 12-24 years in Australia. It provides comprehensive information from currently available data sources, and is the second in a series of reports on child and youth health. This report includes information on important diseases and injuries, major risk factors and wider determinants of health. Separate sections are presented on the health status of particular priority groups: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth, young people living in rural and remote locations, young people born overseas and those from socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. This report will be relevant to anyone interested in youth health, including health planners and administrators, community and hospital practitioners, academic researchers, and the general public.
Child protection Australia 1997-98
Provides comprehensive information on children who come into contact with State and Territory community service departments for protective reasons. The report contains data for 1997-98 on notifications, investigations and substantiations of child abuse and neglect, children on care and protection orders and children in out-of-home care.
Adoptions Australia 1997-98
Presents adoption statistics provided by State and Territory community services departments for the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998. These statistics cover all finalised adoptions reported to State and Territory community services departments during that year, and all children legally available for adoption at 30 June 1998. It also provides information on the number of requests made for information and the number of contact and information vetoes lodged by adopted persons, adoptive parents, birth parents and other relatives.
Australia's children 1998: their health and wellbeing
This report includes information on important diseases and injuries, major risk factors and wider determinants of health and wellbeing. Separate sections are presented on the health status of particular priority groups (Indigenous children, children living in rural and remote locations, overseas-born children, and children from socioeconomically disadvantaged groups). International comparisons are included.
Juvenile justice and youth welfare: a scoping study
Provides information on key elements of juvenile justice and relevant aspects of welfare programs in Australia. The report identifies issues in the relationship between juvenile justice and youth welfare and summarises the services provided in this area by government agencies. It also describes the main juvenile justice data collections. The report will be particularly useful to juvenile justice policy makers, service providers, planners and research workers in this field.
Trends in long day care services for children in Australia 1991-95
Presents an overview of the changes occurring from 1991 to 1995 in the provision and use of long day care services in Australia, and additional information about these services in 1995. Data for this overview have come mainly from censuses conducted by the Children's Services Program (CSP) of the Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services, which provides the funding for these services. Current until 1 November 1999.
Child protection Australia 1996-97
National data on child abuse and neglect, children on care and protection orders and children in out of home care are brought together for the first time in Child Protection Australia 1996-97. This new source provides more comprehensive information at the national level on children who come into contact with State and Territory community services departments for protective reasons.
Adoptions Australia 1996-97
Presents adoption statistics provided by State and Territory community services departments for the period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997. These statistics cover all finalised adoptions reported to state and Territory community services departments during that year, and all children legally available for adoption at 30 June 1997. It also provides information on the number of requests made for information and the number of contact and information vetoes lodged by adopted persons, adoptive parents, birth parents and other relatives.
Children on care and protection orders Australia 1995-96
Presents statistics on children on care and protection orders based on data provided by state and territory welfare departments for the year 1 July to 30 June the following year.
Adoptions Australia 1995-96
Presents adoption statistics provided by State and Territory welfare departments for the period 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996. These statistics cover all finalised adoptions notified to State and Territory community services departments, and all children legally available for adoption during that year.
Child abuse and neglect Australia 1995-96
Presents statistics on notifications of child abuse and neglect made to State and Territory community service departments in the 1995-96 financial year.
Adoptions Australia 1994-95
Presents adoption statistics provided by State and Territory welfare departments for the period 1 July to 30 June the following year. These statistics cover all finalised adoptions notified to state and Territory community services departments, and all children legally available for adoption during that year.
Children's services in Australia 1996: services for children under school age
This report outlines the structure, funding, administration and regulation of preschool services and of child care services in Australia for children under school age, as of 30 June 1996.
Outside school hours care services in Australia 1996
This report outlines the structure, funding, administration and regulation of before school care, after school care, and vacation care services for children in Australia, as at June 1996. It focuses on the responsibilities of the Commonwealth Government in the provision and delivery of these services.
Children under care and protection orders Australia 1994-95
Presents statistics on children on care and protection orders based on data provided by State and Territory welfare departments for the year 1 July to 30 June the following year.
Child care workers
Provides a profile of workers employed in child care services funded by the Commonwealth Government through the Children's Services Program (CSP).
Child abuse and neglect Australia 1993-94
Presents statistics on notifications of child abuse and neglect made to State and Territory community service departments in the 1992-92 financial year.
Adoptions Australia 1993-94
Presents adoption statistics provided by State and Territory welfare departments for the period 1 July to 30 June the following year. These statistics cover all finalised adoptions notified to state and Territory community services departments, and all children legally available for adoption during that year.
Child abuse and neglect Australia 1994-95
Presents statistics on notifications of child abuse and neglect made to State and Territory community service departments in the 1992-92 financial year.
Child abuse and neglect Australia 1994: reporting and investigating procedures in Australia
A compendium of information relating to child abuse and neglect reporting and investigation procedures in Australia.
Children under care and protection orders Australia 1992-93
Presents statistics on children on care and protection orders based on data provided by State and Territory welfare departments for the year 1 July to 30 June the following year.
Adoptions Australia 1992-93
Presents adoption statistics provided by State and Territory welfare departments for the period 1 July to 30 June the following year. These statistics cover all finalised adoptions notified to state and Territory community services departments, and all children legally available for adoption during that year.