72 children under government care died last year
The Palaszczuk-Miles Government has finally released the long-overdue Annual Report into the deaths of young people in Queensland and its clear why they hid it for so long.
Alarmingly, 72 children died under Child Safety’s care last year.
That is 72 young people who will never have the chance to grow up.
That is 72 young people whose lives have been extinguished in a system that failed them.
That is a one-third increase in lost lives in two years.
Queensland children have paid the ultimate price for Labor’s chaos and crisis.
The Child Safety system has been broken by a government with the wrong priorities, which has failed to resource and run the system that should protect our must vulnerable children.
Shockingly, the mortality rate for children known to Child Safety is almost double the Queensland child mortality rate.
Labor knows they’ve failed, which is why they’ve deliberately kept this report under wraps since October.
This Labor Government has shockingly prioritised their own political interest over the safety of our State’s most vulnerable children.
Political coups should not take precedence over the safety of children.
Now Queenslanders know the truth, they also need to know what is being done to ensure this shocking record isn’t repeated.
Only the LNP has the Right Priorities for Queensland’s Future, which includes reforming our Child Safety and Residential Care systems.
