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Since the child safety examination started a three -week public hearings, the number of government -protective caregivers increased.
The investigation, which was launched in July and will last 17 months until the end of 2026, will examine the standards for children in housing care and security in child care facilities.
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Premier David Crisafulli, speaking outside the parliament on Sunday, said that the state’s housing care system was “categorically broken”.
“If you look at the number of children under six years of age in care, cost per child, [and] The fact that we have people who leave the system is that in Queensland, as well as anywhere in the country, and I will discuss anywhere in the world. ”
Children’s Security Minister Amanda Camm said that the number of protective caregivers in the province has increased and an increase of 5.4 percent of the additional 357 preventive and kinship care houses recorded from March 2024 to 2025.
“We know that family -based care is the best form of care for our vulnerable children, Cam said Camm.
Crisafulli said that the government would take into account all the suggestions specified by the report within 16 months and that the investigation will remain “transparent about the timeline” for the action triggered.
