NSW upper house ignores another parliamentary order for documents

NSW upper house ignores another parliamentary order for documents

The government will not release a report by former senior public servant David Tune into the NSW's troubled child protection system.

  • byAlexandra Smith

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Reforms will ensure children don't spend their whole childhoods in care

Reforms will ensure children don't spend their whole childhoods in care

Despite the heavy expenditure,the system is palpably failing to keep children safely at home,or to safely return them home from care. Hence the average total period of time that children spend in care in NSW is a staggering 12.5 years — almost as long as all children spend at school.

  • byJeremy Sammut
Government MP slams $2.5b spending on new stadiums for Sydney

Government MP slams $2.5b spending on new stadiums for Sydney

A government MP has slammed the government's decision to build two new stadiums when the state's child protection system was in crisis.

  • byDeborah Snow&Alexandra Smith