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The State Government has rejected a Royal Commission recommendation to house “high-needs” children in care in a secure facility, after advocates warned doing so would only serve to incarcerate vulnerable young people and cause them distress.
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New abuse allegations have emerged from the former disgraced Families SA, including claims children in residential care were asked to film sexual activity between peers and staff, and told to have an abortion because of their race.
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UPDATED | In today’s Notes on Adelaide, we report on a disturbing secrecy trend for the state public service and ask why one of South Australia’s biggest urban developments remains in planning limbo.
A government committee has cast doubt on the Department for Child Protection’s progress in implementing recommendations from the Nyland Royal Commission, after it found more than a quarter of SA children who died since 2005 had contact with child protection services.
Survivors of institutional child sexual abuse in South Australia have described their crippling pain, anger and loss of innocence as they gathered in Adelaide to watch Prime Minister Scott Morrison deliver the National Apology.
South Australia’s annual spending on out-of-home care services could soon hit $1 billion unless the State Government rethinks its child protection model, welfare groups have warned.
