The key elements of the government's reform package are:

• Increasing the threshold for reporting children and young people to the Child Protection Helpline from "risk of harm" to "risk of significant harm".
• Establishing Child Wellbeing Units in the major government reporting agencies.
• Establishing a network of Family Referral Services.
• Ehanced service provision, including prevention and early intervention services and acute services.
• Increasing the role of non-government organisations in delivering services.
• Changes to out-of-home care.
• Changes to processes in the Children's Court.
• Providing better services to Aboriginal children and young people, with the aim of reducing their over-representation in the child protection system.