Out-of-Home Care Monitoring and Oversight
Out-of-home care in Tasmania remains recklessly unregulated five-and-a-half years after the Liberal Party took government.
Out-of-home care in Tasmania remains recklessly unregulated five-and-a-half years after the Liberal Party took government.
We have examined in some detail the Auditor-General's report which followed the allegations surrounding the for-profit provider Safe Pathways.
The allegation is that Total Support Services is exposing children with disabilities to inappropriate discipline.
We have just heard the Minister for Human Services try to justify not telling parliament the truth over the wellbeing of 11 at-risk children.
Leaked departmental documents show the Minister misled parliament over the wellbeing of 11 children who had been placed with Safe Pathways last year.
It is a sad day for Tasmania's children and young people with the sudden resignation of Commissioner, Mark Morrissey.
An email sent to staff on 13 March makes clear that Safe Pathways is still doing business here.
Late yesterday, the Tasmanian Greens finally received the response to a Right to Information request we lodged on the 22nd of November last year.
The Liberals have instituted a culture of secrecy and contempt for Right to Information which is infecting the entire government.
After the Safe Pathways scandal and evidence the State neglected children in its care, this is a completely unacceptable response from the Premier.