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Farid Farid

Legal system places NSW children at risk

An estimated 126,000 children were last year reported to be at risk of significant harm in NSW. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Children and young people are slipping through the cracks of state and federal legal systems, putting them at risk of ending up in abusive family situations, a NSW parliamentary report had found.

The Children and Young People Committee's parliamentary report released Thursday said family law matters in Australia were being hampered by state and federal miscommunication and conflict between the NSW child protection system, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.

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