Child Abuse and Neglect:
A Socio-legal Study of Mandatory Reporting
in Australia
Report for ACT Community Services Directorate (Children, Youth and Families)
Associate Professor Ben Mathews
Australian Centre for Health Law Research (Co-Director, Children’s Health Program)
Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology
Associate Professor Leah Bromfield
Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Child Protection
Hawke Research Institute, University of South Australia
Associate Professor Kerryann Walsh
Children and Youth Research Centre (Co-Director, Children’s Rights and Wellbeing Program)
Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology
Professor Graham Vimpani
School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Newcastle
