Litany of abuse a national scandal
Chris Goddard & Joe Tucci, 12/4/08
Child protection systems across Australia are in crisis. The Australian and other newspapers have been cataloguing the catastrophes. … The stories are almost too frequent to count, too distressing to repeat: children with sexually transmitted diseases; children placed in motels because there is no foster or residential care; a boy tortured after being placed with a violent relative with drug problems; and communication failures between child protection and police. In indigenous communities, the abuse and neglect of children will haunt us for generations.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23524190-28737,00.html
Tags: Australia, health, Violence, Young People