The Child Protection National Minimum Data Set (CP NMDS) is an annual collection of information on child protection in Australia. It contains data on children who come into contact with State and Territory departments responsible for child protection. The CP NMDS consists of the following data files: client demographics notifications, investigations and substantiations care and protection orders living arrangements, including children in funded out-of-home care carer households data for reporting on National Out-of-Home Care Standards measures safety in care. Where possible, data are also collected on sibling relationships. The CP NMDS collection was implemented in 2012–13. Prior to that a national aggregate child protection data collection was used for national child protection reporting (data for this collection began in 1990–91). Some data are still collected in aggregate format in Excel spreadsheets. The data are published annually by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and are also used for the Report on Government Services
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General information on the Australian population, including whether someone provided care, and how many hours of care they provided.
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The AEDC provides evidence to support health, education and community policy and planning. AEDC data highlights what is working well and what can be improved to support children and their families. AEDC data are collected every three years. The sixth collection took place in 2024. Teachers of children in their first year of full-time school complete a questionnaire that collects data on five key areas, or ‘domains’, of early childhood development. These domains have been shown to predict later mental health, wellbeing and academic outcomes. AEDC data is publicly available at various geographies including: National State/territories, AEDC communities, AEDC local communities and various social geographies defined by the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). Data that is not publicly available through the AEDC website may be available by application or agreement. Integrated data can be requested from authorised data linkage units and integrating agencies, either directly or via application to the AEDC Data Management Agency.
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