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The first national survey of child employment by the Bureau of Statistics has found that 175,100 - or 7 per cent of children aged 5 - 14 -worked last financial year. Disturbingly, 6,500 of these children -3.8 per cent - worked to supplement their family's income. The national media reported the story. Today Tonight interviewed NAPCAN E.O. Adam Blakester MORE Jessica Irvine in the SMH MORE Stephen Lunn in the Australia MORE

Hitting Home -the Smacking Issue, Sixty Minutes. 5th November 2006 Peter Harvey interviewed NAPCAN executive officer, Adam Blakester, who argued that corporal discipline does not work. The full story can be found on the Child Friendly Australia website MORE

Number of children in care on the rise - SMH, 18 January 2006
The number of children taken from their parents and placed in protective care has ballooned by 70 per cent in the past decade, new research shows. MORE

Tas records largest rise in child protection orders - ABC Online, 18 January 2006
Australia's peak child protection agency wants a national survey to reveal the full extent of child abuse and neglect. MORE

Horrific Child Abuse Figures Spur Crusade - SMH, 24 Oct 2005
The NSW Police Commissioner has declared child abuse a national epidemic, with 33,000 cases reported each year, and has called in the FBI and his colleagues from across Australia to deal with the crisis. MORE

Police nut out coordinated action plan to fight child abuse - ABC Radio 24 Oct 2005
" Unless we have communities where every adult is taking some responsibility to contribute to supporting parents, involving families, looking out for kids, then children will continue to be vulnerable, and in the case of paedophilia that the Commissioner is concerned with, that vulnerability is exactly what paedophiles prey upon." - Adam Blakester, Executive Officer, The NAPCAN Foundation. Read transcript and listen online HERE

Isolation Blamed for Soaring Child Abuse - The Age, 9 Sept 2005
Social isolation may be to blame for Australia's soaring child abuse rate with one young person abused every 13 minutes, a national child protection group said. MORE

One Child Abused Every 13 Minutes - SMH, 11 Apr 2005
New figures showing one child was abused every 13 minutes confirmed child abuse was Australia's most serious social problem, a child protection group said today. MORE

New TV Campaign - B&T, 18 Nov 2004
The National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse (NAPCAN) is aiming to encourage people to not just stand by but to speak up against child abuse and neglect in this TV ad from DDB. MORE

Child Abuse: Stopping it Starts with Us - Marie Claire, May 2003
In 2003 Marie Claire undertook a national campaign to challenge all Australians to stop child abuse and ensure all kids grow up free from harm. The three month campaign led up to National Child Protection Week. MORE
Read their touching feature depicting drawings by abused children. MORE
A key element of their campaign was a pledge, challenging individuals to do all they can to help stop child abuse. There were thousands of signatures including Andrew Denton, Jennifer Byrne, Paul Harragon, Matthew Johns, Jessica Rowe, Sandra Sully, Deni Hines, Sally Loane, Melissa Doyle, Julie McCrossin, David Koch, Melissa Hoyer, Wayne Cooper and Louise Sauvage. MORE