The Biennial report of child deaths in New South Wales in 2016 and 2017 Incorporating reviewable deaths of children. The report is made under s 34G and s 43 of the Community Services (Complaints, Reviews and Monitoring) Act 1993 (the Act) and considers the deaths of 981 children who died in 2016 and 2017, including 44 children who died in circumstances of abuse or neglect (20), or while in care (24).