'Crisis-driven': NSW child protection system is failing, study says

Only a third of reports of children at risk of significant harm are investigated

A damning independent report into child protection in New South Wales has found the system is “ineffective and unsustainable”, its escalating costs are “crisis-driven” and it is “failing to improve long-term outcomes for children and families” with complex needs.

The report, by the former senior public servant David Tune, estimated the government spent $1.86bn on vulnerable families in 2015-16 but spending was “crisis-oriented” and had “evolved in an ad hoc way”.

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