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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley

‘Ineffective’ NSW child protection system failing tens of thousands of children, auditor general finds

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The NSW Department of Communities and Justice did not provide home-based safety assessments for 75% of the 112,592 children identified as being at ‘risk of significant harm’, the auditor general found. Photograph: naufalmq/Getty Images/iStockphoto

New South Wales is failing tens of thousands of vulnerable children due to an “ineffective” and “unsustainable” child protection system, a damning audit has found.

The state’s auditor general, Bola Oyetunji, released the scathing report on the child protection system on Thursday, finding that the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) was not meeting its legislative requirements to provide the care needed to protect children’s safety and welfare, nor providing the appropriate assistance for parents.

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