Child Protection
Welcome to the RACP Child Protection Special Interest Group website.
The Child Protection Special Interest Group is a collective of doctors interested in the field of child protection. Membership is open to all doctors regardless of qualifications and experience. Interests range from the forensic evaluation of children's injuries to concern for vulnerable and disadvantaged children. This philosophical approach reflects the RACP policy "Child Protection is Everyone's Business".
If you have an interest in Child Protection, whether this is a clinical interest in the evaluation of suspected child abuse or an interest in policies and services that relate to disadvantaged children, please consider this invitatoin to join the Child Protection SIG. Fellows of the RACP may contact Anne Piper directly at anne.piper@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au for inclusion on the email newslist. Doctors who do not hold the FRACP qualifications may contact Colin Borg at colin.borg@racp.edu.au for details and application forms for membership of the Chapter of Community Child Health and the Child Protection Special Interest Group.
Minutes of the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Child Protection SIG (PDF: 49KB)
Minutes of the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Child Protection SIG (PDF: 148KB)
Minutes of a 2006 Meeting of the CP SIG Governance Committee (PDF: 63KB)
By-Laws of the Chapter of Community Child Health and its Special Interest Group.
Membership of the Child Protection Special Interest Group Governance Committee was ratified for May 2007 - 2009:
| New Zealand | Patrick Kelly |
| Queensland | Richard Roylance |
| NSW | Anne Piper (Chair) |
| ACT | Sue Packer |
| Victoria | Anne Smith |
| Tasmania | Michelle Williams |
| South Australia | Terence Donald |
| Western Australia | Anita Banks |
| Northern Territory | Annie Whybourne |
Australian agencies responsible for Child Protection services
NSW - Dept of Community Services
VIC - Community Care Division, Dept of Human Services
QLD - Children, Families and Young People, Dept of Families, Dept of Child Safety
WA - Dept for Community Development
SA - Family and Youth Services, Dept of Human Services
TAS - Chld and Families, Dept of Health and Human Services
ACT - Office for Children, Youth and Family Support
NT - The NT Dept of Health and Community Services
Child Protection Legislation
| Jurisdiction | Legislation |
| NSW | Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 |
| VIC | Children and Young Persons Act 1989 |
| QLD | Child Protection Act 1999 |
| Health Act 1937 | |
| WA | Child Welfare Act 1947 |
| Community Services Act 1972 | |
| SA | Family and Community Services Act 1972 |
| Children’s Protection Act 1993 | |
| TAS | Children, Young Persons and their Families Act 1997 |
| Alcohol and Drug Dependency Act 1968 | |
| ACT | Children and Young People Act 1999 |
| NT | Community Welfare Act 1983 |
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