with maltreatment are not recognised as such. Under recognition of maltreatment as a cause is also likely to translate to death data. Which states carry out child death reviews? Detailed information on deaths resulting from child abuse and neglect is not available from all Australian jurisdictions; however, information from jurisdictions that carry out official inquiries into child deaths (also referred to as child death reviews) provides some guidance. Child death review teams report on state and territory level data for New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia. Child Death Review Teams collate and link data from multiple sources to improve understanding of the circumstances of each child's death. This information is used for the benefit of future prevention and action. They do not aim to determine the culpability of alleged offenders or comment on the individual performance of workers, nor do they investigate the causes of child deaths; that role is left to the police and coroner. In most cases, Child Death Review Teams rely mainly on document and case note analysis, however in some instances teams may conduct interviews or meet with staff or families of the deceased. Reports released by the child death review teams/committees are described and the available data presented below. For those jurisdictions that do not have a publicly available formal and routine fatal abuse reporting mechanism, a description is provided of any other publicly available review or data on fatal abuse. There is no uniform structure or legislation