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April 19, 2022

The workforce in the child protection system needs urgent reform

Erica Russ, Southern Cross University; Bob Lonne, Queensland University of Technology; Daryl Higgins, Australian Catholic University; Louise Morley, University of New England; Maria Harries, The University of Western Australia, and Mark Driver, University of New England

Families need support to care for their children safely, rather than having their children removed.

People who have been in care are more likely to have children at an early age and are at greater risk of having their own child taken into care. Mika Heittola/Shutterstock

October 26, 2014

We remove kids from abuse and neglect, but are they better off in the long run?

Maria Harries, The University of Western Australia

Most people reasonably assume there is evidence of good long-term outcomes for children who come into contact with child protection systems. Why else would we intervene in the lives of children and their…

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