Lizzie Blandthorn says giving parents two years to reform their lives before losing children is a ‘blunt instrument’
and came into effect in 2016. They had the impact of increasing the number of children the department could put up for adoption, in an attempt to give children in the out-of-home care system more stability.
Blandthorn said the government would wait until the Yoorrook justice commission handed down its second interim report in August before releasing the results of its review. “We see too often that Aboriginal children and young people experience harm once they are removed [from their family],” she said.
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