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The State Government has reached its target of recruiting 50 new foster families this year, with the Child Protection Minister now urging people outside the traditional foster carer stereotype to consider opening their doors to at-risk children.
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The state’s child protection agency has again been savaged for systemic failures, with a long-awaited Ombudsman’s report into the case of two siblings murdered with their mother at Hillier in 2016 laying bare departmental “inertia, complacency and misplaced priorities” that saw authorities “do nothing” to protect the children despite serious warnings about their welfare.
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For the second year running, SA Treasurer Rob Lucas is set to throw extra budget cash at Health, Child Protection and TAFE with all three once again facing major blowouts.
South Australia’s Guardian for Children and Young People has criticised a “concerning” decline in the number of Aboriginal children being placed with Aboriginal carers in the state’s child protection system.
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.
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.
