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Our child protection system is clearly broken. Is it time to abolish it for a better model?

  • Written by: Michelle Newcomb, Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
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The tragic deaths of two small children in an overheated car in Queensland in 2019 highlight just how flawed our child protection system has become.

Darcey and Chloe Conley were known to the child protection system, but repeated warnings about their safety failed to trigger further investigation. One of the officers assigned to their...

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