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Child protection Australia 2016–17
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Topic: Child protection
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2018) Child protection Australia 2016–17, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 23 June 2026.
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During 2016–17, 168,352 (30.8 per 1,000) Australian children received child protection services (investigation, care and protection order and/or were in out-of-home care). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were 7 times as likely as non-Indigenous children to have received child protection services. This report also showed that children from geographically remote areas were more likely to be the subject of a substantiation, or be in out-of-home care than those from major cities.
- ISSN: 2205-5037 (PDF) 1320-081X (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-307-5
- Cat. no: CWS 63
- Pages: 102
Findings from this report:
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1 in 32 children received child protection services
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74% of children who received child protection services were repeat clients
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32,600 children have been in out-of-home care for 2 years or more
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Children from Very remote areas are 4 times as likely as those from Major cities to be the subject of a substantiation