Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015) Child protection Australia 2013–14, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 May 2023.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2015). Child protection Australia 2013–14. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Child protection Australia 2013–14. AIHW, 2015.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Child protection Australia 2013–14. Canberra: AIHW; 2015.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2015, Child protection Australia 2013–14, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report contains comprehensive information on state and territory child protection and support services in 2013-14, and the characteristics of Australian children within the child protection system. This report shows that: around 143,000 children, a rate of 27.2 per 1,000 children, received child protection services (investigation, care and protection order and/or in out-of-home care); three-quarters (73%) of these children had previously been the subject of an investigation, care and protection order and/or out-of-home care placement; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were 7 times as likely as non-Indigenous children to be receiving child protection services.
1 in 37 (143,023) children received child protection services in 2013–14
73% of children who received child protection services were repeat clients
Between 30 June 2010 and 30 June 2014, rates of children in out-of-home care rose from 7.1 to 8.1 per 1,000 children
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were 7 times as likely to have received child protection services
1 Feb 2016 - In summary, correction to amount of children - Rates of children on care and protection orders and in out-of- home care continued to rise.
National Child Protection Data Collection, 2013-14
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