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Sydney Morning Herald
23-07-2025
- Sydney Morning Herald
Queensland's child safety system is ‘broken'. This body is tasked with fixing it
Queensland is burdened with a 'broken child safety system' that needs fundamental changes to prevent further harm to children. That's according to minister Amanda Camm, who spoke as a $20 million Commission of Inquiry into the Child Safety System kicked off in Brisbane on Wednesday morning. The inquiry, which is expected to run for 17 months and travel across the state, will investigate failures in the institutions and processes that exist to protect young people – particularly those facing abuse or neglect. 'This is the commission of inquiry that Queensland needs,' the minister for child safety and the prevention of domestic and family violence said outside Brisbane Magistrates Court. 'We need to get to the bottom of … this broken child safety system.' Given its wide scope, the commission is set to investigate everything from out-of-home care to safety in childcare centres, following multiple high-profile abuse allegations across the country. Proceedings kicked off in the Roma Street court about 10am on Wednesday. More than 60 people – including public servants, police representatives, journalists, and at least one child with experience in the out-of-home care system – crammed into the level four courtroom as Commissioner Paul Anastassiou KC began.
The Age
23-07-2025
- The Age
Queensland's child safety system is ‘broken'. This body is tasked with fixing it
Queensland is burdened with a 'broken child safety system' that needs fundamental changes to prevent further harm to children. That's according to minister Amanda Camm, who spoke as a $20 million Commission of Inquiry into the Child Safety System kicked off in Brisbane on Wednesday morning. The inquiry, which is expected to run for 17 months and travel across the state, will investigate failures in the institutions and processes that exist to protect young people – particularly those facing abuse or neglect. 'This is the commission of inquiry that Queensland needs,' the minister for child safety and the prevention of domestic and family violence said outside Brisbane Magistrates Court. 'We need to get to the bottom of … this broken child safety system.' Given its wide scope, the commission is set to investigate everything from out-of-home care to safety in childcare centres, following multiple high-profile abuse allegations across the country. Proceedings kicked off in the Roma Street court about 10am on Wednesday. More than 60 people – including public servants, police representatives, journalists, and at least one child with experience in the out-of-home care system – crammed into the level four courtroom as Commissioner Paul Anastassiou KC began.
