The Child Protection Act 1974 (Act No.104/1974) was intended to protect children under 12 from abuse. The long title of the Act was ‘An Act to provide further and better protection for children of tender years who have suffered from beatings or other cruel treatment’. Before its introduction, Tasmanian child welfare legislation had focused more…
The Child Welfare Act 1960 with the full title “An Act to consolidate and amend certain enactments relating to children and other persons who have not attained the age of twenty-one years” (Act no.48/1960) set out the provisions by which a child who was 16 years or younger could be made a ward of the…
The Infants’ Welfare Act 1935 (Act no.26 Geo. V No.96) also known by its full title ‘an act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to the Welfare of Children and the Protection of Infant Life’ replaced the Children’s Act 1918 (Act no. 9 Geo.V No.15). This new legislation covered many of the same areas…
The Children’s Charter Amendment Act 1923 made some minor amendments to the sections of the Children of the State Act 1918 that provided for children’s courts. The full title of this act was “An Act to amend ‘The Children’s Charter’” (Act no. 13 Geo. V no.21) and it was repealed in 1936 by The Infants…
Listen to the children: review of claims of abuse from adults in state care as children was an Ombudsman inquiry. It was established in July 2003 by the Tasmanian government. The inquiry made an initial report in 2004, followed by another in 2006. On 11 July 2003, the ABC Television current affairs program, Stateline, featured…
The Adoption (Review) Amendment Act 2016 (no 64 of 2016) amended the Adoption Act 1988. It was passed in December 2016, following an independent review of the Adoption Act, conducted in 2014-15. This act made significant changes to adoption law in South Australia. The main amendments that were passed in the Adoption (Review) Amendment Act…
Adoptions – South Australia is part of the Department for Child Protection. Previously, it was called the Adoption and Family Information Service. It is the central authority in South Australia to provide adoption support, advice and access to information. In 2018, the Department for Child Protection published a Guideline, titled: ‘Provision of adoption information and…
The Children and Young People (Safety) Act 2017 (no. 25 of 2017) repealed the Children’s Protection Act 1993. This legislation contains a number of reforms, implementing recommendations from the Child Protection Systems Royal Commission which reported in 2016. The Children and Young People (Safety) Act 2017 introduced changes to how Care Leavers are provided with…
The Child Protection Systems Royal Commission was established in August 2014 to investigate the adequacy of the child protection system in South Australia. Royal Commissioner Margaret Nyland reported to the government on 5 August 2016. The report, titled ‘The life they deserve’ made 260 recommendations for improvements to the child protection system.
Please contact the Freedom of Information Team at the Department for Child Protection: Phone: (08) 8226 4399 Postal address: GPO Box 1072, Adelaide SA 5001 Email: DCP.FOI@sa.gov.au Website, Out-of-Home Care information: https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/research-and-publications/freedom-information/provision-information-care-leavers Website, Adoptions information: https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/support-and-guidance/adoption-processes/applying-for-adoption-information
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