Child abuse reports increase but less than half investigated: report

By Rachel Browne
Updated July 25 2014 - 8:08pm, first published 8:06pm
About 50,000 allegations of child abuse in NSW and 54,000 in Victoria were not investigated in 2012-2013.
About 50,000 allegations of child abuse in NSW and 54,000 in Victoria were not investigated in 2012-2013.

The number of child abuse reports increased by 15 per cent over the past two years, but more than half of all reports were never investigated by authorities, according to new figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

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