The NSW Liberals and Nationals are demanding an independent review as horrific details emerge about a child\u2019s death at Wyong on the Central Coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shadow Minister for Families and Communities Natasha Maclaren-Jones said the Minister must be transparent given confirmation from the NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) that it previously had contact with the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy thoughts are with the child\u2019s family, loved ones and everyone in the community affected by this unimaginable loss. This is a heartbreaking tragedy.\u201d Mrs Maclaren-Jones said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis unthinkable tragedy is unfortunately not the first case where this government has failed to protect our most vulnerable children, in the last year alone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Minister must explain what interventions were made, if any, and why they were not enough to prevent this devastating outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Natasha Maclaren-Jones said tens of thousands of children assessed as \u2018at risk\u2011of\u2011significant\u2011harm\u2019 (ROSH) are not receiving timely intervention, or intervention at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe government knows there are workforce shortages, overwhelming caseloads, and gaps in early intervention, this case raises serious concerns, and an independent investigation must be conducted.\u201d Mrs Maclaren-Jones said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe people of New South Wales deserve transparency, an independent review into this case, and a clear plan to strengthen frontline child protection services before another tragedy occurs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The NSW Liberals and Nationals are demanding an independent review as horrific details emerge about a child\u2019s death at Wyong on the Central Coast. Shadow Minister for Families and Communities Natasha Maclaren-Jones said the Minister must be transparent given confirmation from the NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) that it previously had contact with … Continue reading “Minister must explain failures after Wyong child death”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39814,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39813\/revisions\/39814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}