In the Media, 25 January 2012- Researchers at the University of Wollongong have been reviewing alternative options to prison for young offenders.

In the Media, 24 January 2012- A STUDY into the use of emergency accommodation has found one in 39 women aged 15 to 24 sought out emergency accommodation in the last financial year.

Sector News, 24 January 2012- The NSW Department of Family & Community Services, Community Services division has commenced a review of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Regulation 2000 (Care Regulation) as it is due for staged repeal on 1 September 2012, in accordance with the provisions of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.

In the Media, 23 January 2012- The return of the Social Inclusion portfolio to cabinet has been an opportunity for critics to attack the government's Social Inclusion Unit and its board, as well as the idea itself.   Their shared view would seem to be that social inclusion is a vague and meaningless goal, the pursuit of which directs funds away from worthwhile services such as disability care and workforce training.

In the Media, 20 January 2012- A RISING number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are being put on protection orders and placed in foster homes, even as the rates for non-indigenous children fall, an Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report has found.