This report from AIHW contains comprehensive information on state and territory child
protection and support services in 2014-15, and on the characteristics of
Australian children within the child protection system. This
report shows that:- 151,980 children, a rate
of 28.6 per 1,000 children, received child protection services
(investigation, care and protection order and/or were 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 were in out-of-home care;
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were 7 times as likely as non-Indigenous children to be receiving child protection services.
AIHW 2016. Child protection Australia 2014–15. Child welfare series no. 63. Cat. no. CWS 57. Canberra: AIHW.
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