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Savannah Meacham

'Forgotten children': state care failings scrutinised

Advocates welcomed Queensland's $20 million commission of inquiry into the child safety sector. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

An inquiry will examine a state's "broken" out-of-home care but advocates are concerned it will fall on deaf ears and more children will slip through the system.

Advocates have welcomed the Queensland government's $20 million, 17-month commission of inquiry into a state child safety sector they say is harming kids.

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