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In 2007-2008, there were 317,526 reports of child abuse and neglect received across Australia.
Last year there were more than 872 new reports of child abuse per day. That equates to one child reported abused or neglected every two minutes.
In 2007-2008, there were 55 120 substantiated cases of child abuse nationally.
The number of children living away from their family for their own protection has almost tripled from 13 979 in 1996 to 31 166 in 2008.
