A report into the NT Department of Children and Families’ handling of the case of a five-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted and murdered earlier this year has found multiple failures by the department, including that child “safety plans” are not adequately monitored and that the case of Kumanjayi Little Baby was not an isolated failing in the department rife with leadership shortcomings and no accountability.
The report, which was publicly released in Parliament Tuesday, offered 45 recommendations for a “system-wide reset” of the department that it said would improve child safety outcomes.
Of course, nothing was done because of the echos of the mythical stolen generation supported by the media and every bleeding heart in Australia
Its the attitude of the employees at Childrens and Families!
Its a bunch of woke karens running around accomplishing nothing!
I hope System Wide Reset means ejecting the useless staff from that useless department!
The Departmental account of the “lost” child event is shrewd. Senior staff failures are the primary source of ACCOUNTABILITY.
Multiple failures, as acknowledged, confirm source, loss of oversight, accountability?
Hopefully, this ‘root and branch’ review will dismantle the current DCF model and replace it with a structure that actually works for the benefit of the children and families it is designed to serve.
Having had the opportunity to work with the deparment as a contractor over the past 30 years, I’ve seen first hand the levels of chronic dysfuntion within its ranks.
Child protection models globally struggle to operate effectively. The models within Scandinavian countries however appear to be most suitable. Perhaps the Minister and her senior leadership teams (including Aboriginal representation) could make an effort to go there on a fact-finding mission to investigate the possibilities.
We owe it to our communities to ‘be better’ at how we do things.