This report contains ideas and recommendations for enhancing Australia’s emerging national child protection system in the light of experiences in four countries - the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland), the Republic of Ireland, Canada and the United States of America. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) was also visited in New York to gain an appreciation of the UN system’s global response on child protection.

**CWLC was a key information for the Canadian portion of this report.**