Child Protection took toddler and placed her with a pedophile
Child Protection removed a toddler from her “unstable” mother and placed her with her father – who subjected the girl to some of the most “abhorrent” abuse seen by the courts.
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Interim child protection boss reveals her first move
She may only be in the job for a matter of weeks but the interim head of the state’s Child Protection Department has plans to get straight down to the coalface.
Court order: Key details in child death case kept secret
A mother charged with manslaughter is the last of three accused charged over high-profile unrelated child deaths to face court – but key details have been suppressed.
‘Unprecedented’ death arrests: These children were ‘owed a duty of care’
Police say task force investigations led to three arrests this morning over the deaths of three innocent children – Jasmine Wilmott, Makai Wanganeen and Charlie Nowland.
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Child promised protection – then allegedly sexually assaulted again
An alleged 13-year-old child rape victim who the Child Protection Minister assured would be provided with support has allegedly been the victim of a second sexual assault by another man.
‘I woke, felt he was cold and screamed’: Teen mum’s agony over baby’s death
A teenage mother woke to the cold weight of her dead 11-week-child on her arm. Since then her life has been under the microscope of an inquest – here for the first time are her words.
Abusive parents come first in ‘forced visits’ terrifying SA kids
Terrified children are being forced to visit with the parents who abused them, causing enormous trauma. Read the troubling cases here.
‘Treated like criminals’: Foster carers investigated for trivial concerns
Sending a child to school without a jumper or forgetting to sign their diary may be a minor mishap for biological parents. For foster carers they can trigger investigations, an inquiry has found.
Department aware teen mum was victim of statutory rape
The Child Protection Department was aware that a 15-year-old girl was “trying for her second child” with her 17-year-old boyfriend – but did nothing inquest documents reveal.
‘Heartbreak on top of heartbreak’: Premier in the dark on baby deaths
Premier Peter Malinauskas was unaware of the deaths of four babies known to the Child Protection Department, which were only revealed in a report kept secret for four years.
Inquest hears supervisor told not to investigate baby before death
Child Protection workers shelved a report about an unborn baby at risk – and again when the new-born was found in squalor – before the 11-week old died, an inquest has heard.
Almost 300 at-risk kids still waiting on safety checks
Police and social workers still need to check on about 290 at-risk children identified in a top-level report to government last month.
Black box that sums up SA Child Protection Dept’s abject failure
This should be a photo of a smiling baby – a boy the Child Protection Dept knew was in trouble but utterly failed. Now they’ve threatened legal action over his blurred face.
‘Lucky dip’: Opposition’s savage blast at Child Protection Dept
The Child Protection Department has no system in place to prioritise checks on at-risk kids – prompting a savage response from the SA Liberals.
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