The New South Wales Minister for Community Services recently presided at the official launch of a new NSW Child Abuse Prevention Framework. The Framework is designed to help policy and decision makers develop comprehensive plans to prevent child abuse and neglect. As such, it has both state and national significance. The Framework was released as part of a three document package – the Framework document was supported and informed by two further texts, both written on behalf of the New South Wales Child Protection Council by Adam Tomison, Research Advisor for the National Child Protection Clearing House, based at the Australian Institute of Family Studies.