referrals to australian child protection services increase 6% in a year /

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Analysis of child protection data for the 2014-15 shows Indigenous children are still overrepresented but the gap is closingThe number of children who received child protection services has jumped by 6% in one year,and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are seven times more likely to hold accessed the system than their non-Indigenous counterparts, a modern report has found. Related: Almost half of children returned from Nauru hold mental illness, or Senate told Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com