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Child safety failures exposed; stadium station bombshell; thief dies near shopping centre
Published 3 weeks ago
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A 10-month inquiry into Queensland's child safety system has released over 1,300 pages detailing systemic failures that exposed vulnerable children to harm while for-profit providers operated with minimal oversight. The report contains 52 recommendations including refocusing on family-based care, overhauling residential care systems where costs have reached half a million dollars per child, and better support for foster carers. Queensland currently has almost as many children in residential care as every other state and territory combined, with the billion-dollar industry delivering more harm than protection according to the inquiry findings.
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