Table of contents
- Preliminary material
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Symbols used in tables
- Technical notes
- Summary
- Main findings
- Body section
- Introduction
- Child protection overview and processes
- Reports to the department
- Notifications, investigations and substantiations
- Care and protection orders and out-of-home care
- Family support services
- Developments in child protection policies and practices
- The National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020
- Child protection data collections
- Data sources
- Data limitations
- Key differences across state and territory collections
- Changes in data systems
- Future directions for data collection
- Unit record file development
- Development of national framework indicators
- Purpose and structure of this report
- Child protection overview and processes
- Notifications, investigations and substantiations
- Overview
- Scope
- Definitions
- Data and analysis
- Numbers and rates of notifications, investigations and substantiations
- Characteristics of children
- Overview
- Care and protection orders
- Overview
- Scope
- Definitions
- Data and analysis
- Numbers and rates for care and protection orders
- Characteristics of children
- Overview
- Out-of-home care
- Overview
- Scope
- Definitions
- Data and analysis
- Numbers and rates of out-of-home care
- Characteristics of children
- Overview
- Intensive family support services
- Overview
- Scope
- Definitions
- Data and analysis
- Overview
- Introduction
- End matter
- Appendixes
- Detailed tables
- Notifications, investigations and substantiations
- Care and protection orders
- Out-of-home care
- Trend data (prior to 2004–05)
- Population data
- Technical notes
- Calculation of rates
- Identification of Indigenous status
- Mandatory reporting requirements
- New South Wales
- Victoria
- Queensland
- Western Australia
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Australian Capital Territory
- Northern Territory
- Legislation
- Child protection legislation
- Legislative definition of ‘in need of care and protection’
- Policy and practice differences in states and territories
- Notifications, investigations and substantiations
- Care and protection orders
- Out-of-home care
- Recent state and territory policy changes
- Jurisdictions’ data systems
- Key differences between jurisdictions’ data systems
- Relevant changes in data systems
- Inquiries into child protection services
- Detailed tables
- Glossary
- General definitions
- Definitions for child protection notifications, investigations and substantiations
- Definitions for care and protection orders
- Age of child
- Child subject to orders
- Living arrangements
- Definitions for out-of-home care
- Age of child
- Respite care
- Type of placement
- Definitions for intensive family support services
- Age
- Agency
- Indigenous
- Living situation
- Location
- Geographic area
- Type of service
- References
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Appendixes