The significant,but quiet,development in Queensland this month will be felt well beyond the two traumatic and personal stories driving it.
The accounts of sexual harassment and abuse at schools are truly shocking. Sometimes,the way schools deal with it is the problem. Sometimes,it’s parents.
Already under investigation for alleged domestic violence assaults against the mother of his baby,Juan Daniel Visagie shook newborn Aleaha Sammut in a fit of anger after he was left to care for her.
The Minns government is considering drastic reforms to fix a system ‘spiralling out of control’ which could see it take back control of the care of at-risk children from private providers which currently operate in NSW.
Forty-two US states are taking legal action against the social media giant harming young people’s mental health by knowingly designing features on its platforms that addict children.
Coroner John Cain agreed not to release the report over concerns its publication could deny procedural fairness to two of the agencies responsible for the children’s care.
Experts say the increasing number of females aged between 12 and 17 being forced to remove or move their clothing was “child abuse”,“draconian” and “barbaric”.
The government has signalled it will reform the way Child Protection services – and the agencies it contracts to oversee some children’s care – manage those cases.
A new report card has been critical of the government’s failure to implement reform and reduce the increasing number of Aboriginal children in out-of-home care.
Reports of abuse and neglect are going ignored,caseworkers are overwhelmed and children are spending years bouncing through homes,hotels and other care amid an understaffed system.
A budget black hole in out-of-home care for some of NSW’s most vulnerable children has exposed wider issues in the child protection system.