Prue Holzer, National Child Protection Clearinghouse

This Fact Sheet was prepared to coincide with National Child Protection Week, 7-13 September 2008. It presents an overview of child protection in Australia, including how child abuse and neglect is defined, its prevalence, the costs of child maltreatment, and prevention and early intervention strategies. Read the full text of Child protection in Australia. "Children see. Children do. Make your influence positive" at  http://www.aifs.gov.au/nch/pubs/sheets/fs1/fs1.html.