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Where to get help and report harm, specific to every state within Australia.
Over the past year, ICMEC Australia has been meeting with parliamentarians and their staff from across the country – walking them through the realities of child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) in Australia, what the data shows, and where the policy landscape is heading.
What those conversations made clear is that the landscape is genuinely hard to keep up with. The issue is evolving quickly, the terminology is specialised, and the reporting and support pathways differ from state to state. People want to help, but without a clear baseline understanding of the issue, it's hard to know where to start.
That’s what these trifolds are designed to address. State-based and plain-language, they define the issue clearly, including terms like grooming and sexual extortion and guide people to the reporting channels and support services most relevant to where they are.
The numbers behind these resources are sobering. The ACCCE received 82,764 reports in the 2024–25 financial year alone. One in four Australians has experienced sexual abuse as a child. Emerging technologies including AI, are making it easier to create, manipulate and distribute abusive material and to target children in ways that weren’t possible even a few years ago.
When high-profile cases make national headlines – a childcare centre, a school, an online platform – constituents often come to their local MP’s office looking for answers. Staff are eager to help, but navigating an unfamiliar and fast-moving issue in real time is difficult. These trifolds give offices something concrete to have on hand, so that when those moments arise, the right information is already there.
Clear and accessible information is one of the most powerful tools we have. By building a better baseline understanding of this issue and making it easy to know where to report, we can help more children across Australia get help sooner.
How to access the trifolds
Digital versions of the trifolds are available to download from our website, you can find your state’s version below. If you work in a setting where these would be useful and would like to discuss these resources further, we'd love to hear from you.
Any questions? Reach out to us at info@icmec.org.au
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