In 2007-2008, 34 279 children required court action in order to ensure their protection from abuse and neglect.
The number of referrals to the Australian Childhood Foundation has increased by 20 per cent during the 2008/2009 Financial Year.
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.
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.
