THE CHALLENGE

Nearly two years after Queensland going to the polls on the basis that the Premier wanted to fix Queensland’s failed child safety system, a Child Death Safety Review Committee Report has produced a scathing analysis of the Department.

The Report identified around half of the child death cases involving the Department of Child Safety were not actually reported to a special review committee within the legislated six-month timeframe.

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The Report also identified problems relating to the quality of risk assessments, record keeping and inter-agency cooperation. In fact, in July 2005 the Department of Child Safety was forced to admit over 30% of the
children in care who had suffered abuse, were abused
again within 12 months, the worst result in all of Australia.