Protecting children: An inquiry into abuse of children in foster care
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The CMC investigated systemic causes of abuse in Queensland foster care and the adequacy of measures to prevent, detect and respond to it.
Its inquiry considered carer selection and support, accountability, Indigenous children’s needs and alternatives to family-based care.
Protecting children: An inquiry into abuse of children in foster care - full report (6 January 2004), page 13 · Protecting children: An inquiry into abuse of children in foster care - full report (6 January 2004), page 14
The Commission concluded that the child protection system had failed children through organisational weaknesses rather than isolated mistakes alone.
Protecting children: An inquiry into abuse of children in foster care - full report (6 January 2004), page 11 · Protecting children: An inquiry into abuse of children in foster care - full report (6 January 2004), page 12 · Protecting children: An inquiry into abuse of children in foster care - full report (6 January 2004), page 120
The Commission’s investigations did not establish official misconduct by current or former ministers or directors-general.
The Commission made 110 recommendations, including a dedicated child safety department, better staff training, support for carers and stronger oversight.
Protecting children: An inquiry into abuse of children in foster care - full report (6 January 2004), page 15 · Protecting children: An inquiry into abuse of children in foster care - full report (6 January 2004), page 365 · Protecting children: An inquiry into abuse of children in foster care - full report (6 January 2004), page 366 · Protecting children: An inquiry into abuse of children in foster care - full report (6 January 2004), page 367 · Protecting children: An inquiry into abuse of children in foster care - full report (6 January 2004), page 372
In the body's own words
- Conclusion
As a result of the evidence that it has gathered, the Commission can only conclude that the current child protection system has failed Queensland children in many important respects.
- Finding
The Commission’s investigations did not establish evidence of official misconduct by the current or former ministers or directors-general.
Findings and recommendations
Allegations are not findings. A commission's finding or opinion of corrupt conduct or misconduct is not a finding that a person is guilty of a criminal offence, and the commissions say so in their reports.
No findings or recommendations are reproduced in this record. This does not establish that the report contains none.
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Protecting children: An inquiry into abuse of children in foster care - full report (6 January 2004)
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