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Child Protection Report Line - Perth	08 9222 2555
Child Protection Report Line - Outside Perth	1800 622 258
Parent Line - Perth	08 6279 1200
Parent Line - Outside Perth	1800 654 432
Family Helpline	1800 643 000
Centrecare Anglicare	08 9325 6644 08 9263 2050
Relationships Australia	08 9489 636
Meeralinga Young Children's Foundation	08 9489 4022
Women's Domestic Violence Help Line	1800 007 339

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Over the past seven years, the number of reported cases of child abuse and neglect has almost tripled in Australia. In 1999-2000, there were 107,134 reports.

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Over the past seven years, the number of reported cases of child abuse and neglect has almost tripled in Australia. In 1999-2000, there were 107,134 reports.

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The number of children living away from their family for their own protection has almost tripled from 13 979 in 1996 to 31 166 in 2008.

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Last year there were more than 872 new reports of child abuse per day. That equates to one child reported abused or neglected every two minutes.

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The number of referrals to the Australian Childhood Foundation has increased by 20 per cent during the 2008/2009 Financial Year.

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