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Victoria's Protective services and the ‘Interim’ Fogarty Report: Is This the Right Road at Last?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Christopher R. Goddard
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The history of the provision of child protection services in Victoria, and the lack thereof, is a long and complex one. Yet another twist in the tale occurred recently.

A report by Mr Justice Fogarty and Mrs Delys Sargeant, entitled Protective Services for Children in Victoria: An Interim Report, was released in January 1989. This report (hereinafter the Fogarty Report) was commissioned by the Victorian Government in August 1988:

“… to inquire into and advise it upon the operation of Victoria's child protection system and on measures to improve its effectiveness and efficiency.”

Type
Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , 1990 , pp. 12 - 15
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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