Opinion
South Australia’s expenditure on child protection continues to explode – but is it leading to better outcomes? Simon Schrapel examines the latest damning data on children being placed in out-of-home care.
National
SA’s ongoing child protection challenges reflect a national “crisis” in services which is forcing some Australian agencies to resort to glossy advertising campaigns and mass hiring sprees in a desperate attempt to attract staff to key frontline roles.
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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.
South Australia’s leading advocates for children and young people have appealed to the State Government to refrain from adopting a punitive approach to tackling bullying ahead of a decision on whether to criminalise the behaviour.
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.
The Ombudsman has added to the long list of daming reports about South Australia’s child protection system, slamming a practice by the previous Families SA agency which he described as “repugnant to the objects and spirit of the Children’s Protection Act”.
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.
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