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Weatherill's Fresh Start could lead to child protection system's "collapse"

Welfare insiders have sounded an ominous warning about the cost of implementing the Weatherill Government’s child protection reforms, amid fears the “system will collapse” under the strain of ever-increasing numbers of children in care, at double the cost per child.

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State Govt's half-billion-dollar child protection revamp

Shifting the weight of public investment from looking after abused and neglected children to prevention and early intervention will be the focus of a revamped child protection regime.

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Child protection reform "half-hearted" without mandatory reporting overhaul

The head of one of the state’s foremost welfare agencies has warned a major child protection overhaul will be “set up to fail” without fundamental systemic reform – including renewed consideration of scrapping the existing mandatory reporting framework.

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Cash splash in child protection revamp as Govt responds to Nyland

Funding for child protection is expected to be dramatically increased amid a broader shakeup emphasising harm prevention when the Weatherill Government hands down its official response to the Nyland Royal Commission next week, InDaily can reveal.

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"I have no regrets": former Education boss speaks out

After months of silence, former Education and Child Development chief Tony Harrison speaks to InDaily about the trials of reforming the controversial agency in the midst of a royal commission inquiry - and fresh challenges in his new role overhauling the state's disability services regime.