Child abuse, neglect at 'critical level'
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AdvertisementChild abuse and neglect has reached critical proportions in Australia, according to a leading children's charity.

The National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect (NAPCAN Foundation) says every indicator of the problem has worsened each year for the past six years.

CEO Adam Blakester says it's difficult to put an exact figure on the number of abuse cases across Australia.

However after studying a number of indicators including reports made to state government departments and the number of children in out-of-school care, Mr Blakester said there was no doubt abuse and neglect was on the rise.

Mr Blakester said it was frightening to realise there had been a quarter of a million reports of child abuse in the past decade and at least 40,000 cases of child abuse substantiated.

"Child abuse is the seed which grows into a whole range of negative social outcomes and of course there's always a possibility that it will become inter-generational as well."

Mr Blakester says the federal government should put extra effort into prevention of child abuse and neglect in the lead-up to national child protection week, which starts on "
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havent figured how to provide link yet, so posted whole article....

So what happens if you get the rego, then turn out to be a bad parent? Fine you? Revoke your licence for repeated offences? Take your children away? Aren't these powers are already in existence?

I think your idea should concentrate more on the training aspects, as a condition of receiving the baby bonus, but even this would have significant problems. Life is not a book, it is an experience.

I agree with aloof boof, parents need to take responsibility. The community needs to become more proactive, even if this means becoming a dobber! 

Tommy six..

You see nothing morally and ethicaly wrong with parents who beat,abuse and starve theyre children to death in some cases?

As long as we have OUR civil rights upheld thats the main thing is it?What about the right of the child to safe and cared for..

Some of the things that damage children is just thru pure ignorance and the 'parent' didnt know any better..training would have helped the parent cope and the child to live a happy life and in a lot of cases make it to adulthood..


A lot of truth in what Boof said.

We could educate teenagers in school ..would be a good start I think.

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It is both ethically and morally abhorrent.

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Natural right to procreate is more than a mere civil right I would think.


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I would hardly say that endemic child abuse whereby parents starve, beat, sexually molest or kill their children can be attributed to sheer ignorance. It is another problem entirely. And no, regulating who can procreate will in no way help in this regard, it will only plunge our already overly regulated society into a legal and bureaucratic quagmire whereby unless something is explicitly sanctioned, it is illegal. Just to be on the safe side and for your own good etc etc etc I mean we are just so incapable of running our own lives and need others to run it for us and treat us all like toddlers in a playground *note sarcasm* 

"Oh dear god, you cannot be serious?  "

Yes I am serious, its not about tight control, its about protecting kids if you read my posts properly.


Docs are such a dismal failure we all know and this would ensure Docs never become a neccesity..that theree would be help for those who need it. A lot of young parents actually welcome a hand, as they are confused in these matters Post natel depression combined with youth and inexperience, a toxic mix and does not auger well for young children in this volatile situation.

"Of course child abuse is detestable, but like all things you cannot simply put a stop to it through the blunt instrument of the law! The issue is so much more complex than that. Perhaps one good first step is if we stopped trying to ignore the society around us and isolate ourselves in little bubbles. How does that sound? Its pretty easy to ignore the social expectations of people around you if you pretend they don't exist. "

this solution would go a good way to society NOT ignoring the helpless and needy in these siuations..


Too many pple think because they can have children, regardless of wether they should, wether they can cope, wether it is fair on the child they do just do-because it is theyre "god given right to do so'..should nt we think more carefully before bringing children into a world where condtions ar way below the ideals that a child needs to be loved and thrive.

They have the right to be cared for and valued, they are the innocents, they have no say....who disagrees with that?

explicitly sanctioned, it is illegal. Just to be on the safe side and for your own good etc etc etc I mean we are just so incapable of running our own lives and need others to run it for us and treat us all like toddlers in a playground *note sarcasm""

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sarcasm noted and that bit about toddlers? some of the 'parents ' ive seen that statement IS and  would be an insult to toddlers Id say.

I'm sorry but the idea of putting arbitrary restrictions on who can and who cannot have babies disgusts me to the core. "
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dont get so wound up about this..this is just a discussiion on a forum...

My point is more to the educational aspect of this anyway so if yo want o be disgusted by my assertions at least KNOW what your being disgusted about..

Is education a bad thing..when we KNOW better we DO better?

Why bother answering if you cant be bothered to read what Im actually saying!!!

So what would your solution to the future of child abuse be..seeing as though the current ones, measures ie : thevery successful D.O.C.S seems to be failing so dismally?...education is the key. and yes in some cases    NOT ALL....for those who cant read, how many times do I repeat that? Docs is not working and in that case what do we have to protect our children?

You have to apply a measure of commonsense when interpreting a post as boof so succinctly got it in the very beginning.He applies commonsense.

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Regulate the Aboriginals by all means, but not for Australians.

You cannot test for the ability to raise children because everyone is capable of raising children. All you would end up doing is imposing unnecessary red tape, or worse, imposing arbitrary restrictions that resemble Eugenics. You would effectivley place an IQ limit, a wealth limit, a narrow set of values or some other morally reprehensible restriction on people.

Docs are such a dismal failure we all know and this would ensure Docs never become a neccesity..that theree would be help for those who need it.

If we can't get DOCS to work then how is a bureaucracy charged with taking away people's right to procreate going to be any more help? It would be worse then DOCS, not better.

wether it is fair on the child they do just do-because it is theyre "god given right to do so'

I don't think anyone has children just as an exercise in civil rights.

should nt we think more carefully before bringing children into a world where condtions ar way below the ideals that a child needs to be loved and thrive.

Given that our society is giving birth at well below the replacement level I'd say that people are thinking more about it.

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Educate? They're not educatable.

Today's news.... teachers are quitting because of bully parents who are always confrontational when it comes to problems with their children education or behaviour- their children can do no wrong .... and like their children they the parents have a sad lack of or no discipline and respect.

All you are advocating is more regulation and policing for a matter that has adequate laws and the simple requirement of a tad of decency and common sense.

Decent people know right from wrong, those that don't get dealt with by the system as is.