Reporting on the National Standards

Public reporting on the National Standards will be through the National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children (NFPAC) Annual Report to COAG to ensure transparency and drive continuous improvement in child protection systems. Reporting of jurisdictional trend data against each of the proposed National Standards will show changes within particular jurisdictions over time, and at a national level, where appropriate.

Initial reporting in the next Annual Report to COAG, will be based on the five measures for which data are currently collected and reported nationally, as interim measures for the National Standards, with data collection in 2010-2011. The states and territories can also report on their progress on the National Standards separately or as an appendix to the Annual Report.