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The problem with child protection isn't the money, it's the system itself

  • Written by Rochelle Einboden, Lecturer, The Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney
The problem with child protection isn't the money, it's the system itselfThe child protection system looks at children on a case-by-case basis. This approach doesn't work.Charlein Gracia/Unsplash

In Victoria, 35 young people aged 12-17 years ended their lives by suicide between 2007 and 2019 – all were entangled in the child protection system. This was the focus of a new report, “Lost, not forgotten”,...

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