Australian Medical Association

The AMA congratulated Family Services Minister Jenny Macklin and Professor Fiona Stanley, Chair of the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth, on the launch today of a major report that will enhance the delivery of child protection services throughout Australia.

Launched in Melbourne, the report Inverting the Pyramid, aims to both recognise the pressures on current child protection services and focus on the changes that are needed to improve those services.

AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said the report properly focuses on the fact that it is not just governments that have responsibility for child protection across the community. The non-government sector has a big role to play.

AMA Position Statement: Child Abuse and Neglect - 1996. Revised 2005

Towards a National Policy for Child Abuse and Recovery