Australia's Children 'Safe and Well'? Collaborating with Purpose Across Commonwealth Family Relationship and State Child Protection Systems

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Winkworth, Gail ^a   White, Michael ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MW Group Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child protection; Collaboration; Commonwealth and state service delivery; Cross sectoral; Family relationships; Family support

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952806831     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2010.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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