Left behind inquiry in Victoria finds child protection demand putting young people at risk

An inquiry by the Commission for Children and Young People finds children are falling through the cracks of a state system ...

Victoria’s Child Protection service deemed children not at risk before their deaths, landmark report finds

Child Protection determined dozens of children who later died were not at risk before their deaths, despite repeated reports ...

35 children deemed ‘not at significant risk’ by protective services before their deaths

Of the almost three dozen children who died between 2019 and 2025, all had been flagged with child protection services ...
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Warnings piled up before deaths of 35 at-risk children

Child protection services were alerted about 35 children at least twice before their deaths, with one child the subject of 28 ...