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Australia - Event
Inquiry into Children in Institutional and Other Forms of Care (1982 - 1985)
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- 1982
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- 1985
In May 1982, an inquiry began by the Senate Standing Committee on Social Welfare. The result of this inquiry was the report, 'Children in Institutional and Other Forms of Care: a national perspective' (1985). The Committee noted that little work had been done to date in this area, on a national basis. The Committee's terms of reference included an examination of the changing direction of and attitudes towards institutional care. One factor behind the inquiry was the finding by a previous committee in 1982 that many youth with a background of institutional care subsequently became homeless.
Publications
Reports
- Children in Institutional and Other Forms of Care: a national perspective - Report of the Senate Standing Committee on Social Welfare, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, June 1985. Details
- Office of Youth Affairs, Department of Education and Youth Affairs, Children and young people in institutional care: report based on the submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Social Welfare 'Children and Youth Under Institutional Care', Australian Government, June 1984. Details
Prepared by: Cate O'Neill
Created: 28 October 2011, Last modified: 3 March 2016