Indigenous children in the Australian capital of Canberra are highly overrepresented in the child protection system, according to this article from the Canberra Times.

Through qualitative interviews with local child protection workers, this paper indicates that traditional values assist legislative intervention and that significant potential exists in better integration of Indigenous approaches into practice.

This research seeks to address the gap in attention paid to the care of children by family friends (non-familial kinship care) in Australia.

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

The Australian federal government has announced its plans "to divert well-meaning Australian volunteers from foreign orphanages that exploit fake orphans for profit," according to this article from the Guardian.

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

A New Zealand-based volunteer tourism company, International Volunteer HQ, will begin phasing out volunteer placements in overseas orphanages due to concerns of child exploitation, according to this article and accompanying video from 1 News. 

This paper presents findings from research with 101 kinship carers to gain a better understanding of how family violence was impacting on children and families in kinship care in Victoria, Australia.

This perspectives paper from InterCountry Adoptee Voices (ICAV) includes statements from a group of international adoptees in response to the question: "Would you adopt via Intercountry or Transracial Adoption? Why, why not?