Data updated in March 2025 shows that in 2024 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children continue to be over-represented in the child protection system at a rate of 50.3 per 1,000 children aged 0–17 years placed in out-of-home care.

A key focus of the Family Matters Report 2024 is the need for increased support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled services, with the report calling for increased funding for ACCO-led prevention programs.

The report by the Office of the Children's Commissioner investigates the children and young people's experiences of racism in the Northern Territory, and the impact it has on their wellbeing and daily lives.

The report investigates why Australia is failing to implement evidence-based reforms to protect child rights and reduce offending, and makes recommendations for a national approach to reform of child justice and related systems across Australia.

The report finds Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children continue to be over-represented in the child protection system at a rate of 57.2 per 1,000 children aged 0–17 years placed in out-of-home care in 2023.

A consolidation of systemic recommendations and evidence from 61 reports and inquiries into child protection and youth justice systems between the years of 2010 and 2022.

Family Matters reports examine what governments are doing to turn the tide on over-representation and the outcomes for our children, and progress towards Australia’s National Agreement on Closing the Gap.

This report highlights the national shortage of social workers, as one of Australia’s top 20 occupations in demand.

A report into Victoria’s Child Protection and Criminal Justice Systems.

This is the third Annual Data Compilation Report to inform reporting on progress under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap. It was released on 12 July 2023.

This report provides an overview of children in the child protection system in 2021–22, including children subject to notifications, investigations, and substantiations of maltreatment, and the ways children were supported.

A landmark study looking at the national prevalence estimates of the five types of child maltreatment and associated impacts for Australia.

This submission from the Australian Council of Heads of Social Work Education focuses on our shared concern about the impact of poverty on social work students, particularly when undertaking compulsory placements, in a profession for which there is a shortage of qualified practitioners.

This report examines NSW labour supply and apparent shortages in a group of essential service occupations including social workers.

Family Matters reports examine what governments are doing to turn the tide on over-representation and the outcomes for our children, and progress towards Australia’s National Agreement on Closing the Gap.

This report presents information on young people under youth justice supervision during 2020–21 who had an interaction with the child protection system in the 5 years prior.