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.