Sector Insights May 2025

This Insights paper features a summary of Australian research, analysis and updates released in May 2025 about child and family wellbeing.

Topics in this report includes the Human Rights Watch report into removals of Aboriginal children from families in Western Australia, domestic violence, foster carers, First Nations care leavers, university experiences of care leavers, the Queensland Ombudsman investigation into Department of Education safeguarding practices for students with disabilities and the AIFS report on the efficacy of parenting programs to prevent and reduce child maltreatment.