The NSW government is refusing to say how many children living in out-of-home care have gone missing long-term on its watch. It claims compiling the cases would require an "unreasonable" diversion of resources.
This girl, who disappeared from state care in 2012 and is presumed dead, cannot be identified without permission from a coroner under new laws passed last year. A request to identify her has not yet been considered.“If they don’t have that information, that’s a big problem,” a relative and former carer of the girl said. “Surely they have it.”
In the case of the unnamed girl, police failed to correct basic errors in missing persons appeals, including her eye-colour, and took eight months to issue a media release about her disappearance. Emma Colvin, a Charles Sturt University lecturer who has studied authorities’ responses to children missing from care, said going missing for more than three months “puts them in the high risk category instantly.”
The new Minister for Family and Community Services, Gareth Ward, did not answer questions but responded with a generic statement.In response to detailed questions, the minister, Mr Ward, issued a four-line statement about staff co-operating with police and the importance of child safety.
begley_patrick Even if we aren't given names we must know the numbers of children who go missing. And when they are found. (If they are found.)It should be updated regularly. I expect we shall all be shocked by the numbers of these missing and vulnerable children.
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