SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAAustralia’s child protection system is at risk of becoming financially untenable, with costs having almost doubled over the past decade despite outcomes remaining stagnant.Federal government spending on child protection increased from $5.4 billion to $10.2 billion between 2014-15 and 2023-24, an analysis from Deakin University, the Australian Catholic University and partner universities found. The number of child protection investigations nationally held more or less steady over the same period, from 20.2 investigations per 1000 children to 20.9 investigations. Graphic: Monique Westermann Deakin Lifespan Institute…