One in 35 Australian children under protection, with Indigenous worst affected

Report finds Indigenous children 11 times more likely to be removed from home

The number of Australian children in the child protection system is on the rise, according to a study that shows Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders remain dramatically overrepresented.

A report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), released on Friday, has revealed 159,000 children across the country – or one in 35 – received child protection services in 2017-18, an increase of about 15,000 from five years earlier.

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