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Child Protection Policy in Victoria Part 2*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2024

Elizabeth Hiskey
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Extract

In an earlier article, the developments which occurred in child protective policy in Victoria during the nineteen sixties and seventies were described. This article examines the current policy as expressed in the relevant government legislation and the policies of the Department for Community Welfare Services. The current policy is then compared with the previous policies.

Type
Research Article
Information
Children Australia , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , Autumn 1981 , pp. 8 - 11
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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Footnotes

*

Part 1 was published in Vol. 5, No. 3

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