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The Myth of Safety: What Australia’s Child-Abuse Statistics Still Don’t Show

Australia has strategies, standards and 409 Royal Commission recommendations — but no transparent national path from child sexual-abuse reports to convictions. The Omen Report examines what the official numbers still do not show.

10 August 2026

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System explained

Notification: Someone suspects a child is at risk.
Investigation: A formal process to assess harm.
Substantiation: An investigation concludes the child is being, or is at risk of being, maltreated.

Caveat: not all notifications are investigated, and not all investigations are substantiated.

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