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Attachment tablesAttachment tables for this chapter are identified in references throughout thischapter by an ‘A’ suffix (for example, table 9A.2.3). A list of attachment tables is insection 9.9. These tables can be found on the Review web page(www.pc.gov.au/gsp). Users can also contact the Secretariat to obtain theattachment tables.9.1 Children on care and protection ordersBox 9.1.1Key messages• Almost 30 out of every 1000 Indigenous children aged 0–17 years were on care andprotection orders at 30 June 2006, compared to 4.5 per 1000 non-Indigenouschildren (table 9.1.1).• From 1999-2000 to 2005-06 the rate of children on care and protection ordersincreased for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in all states andterritories (table 9A.1.1).Data on Indigenous children under care and protection orders show the extent towhich the State or Territory has made some form of legal intervention for protectivereasons. This intervention may be indicative of the social and cultural stress underwhich many Indigenous communities live. In such conditions, the extendednetworks that could normally intervene in favour of the child may no longer exist.This indicator also includes data on placement of Indigenous children in out-ofhomecare in accordance with the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle.The headline indicator ‘substantiated child abuse and neglect’ shows those instanceswhere authorities were notified, and subsequently decided, that a child was or couldbe at risk (see section 3.9). Once a matter has been substantiated, the authoritieshave a number of options available to them that do not require a care and protectionorder:• working with the family to address protective issues• developing networks of support for the child• monitoring and reviewing the safety of the child• monitoring and reviewing family progress against case planning goals• case conferences with agencies providing services to the child• specialist child-focused therapeutic support (SCRCSSP 2003).OVERCOMINGINDIGENOUSDISADVANTAGE 2007

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