Child protection

SA BUDGET: Public servants in SA will see their wages rise more slowly over the next few years as the government introduces a wage cap of 1.5%. Plus funding following the child protection royal commission.

The NSW ChildStory project has caught attention for the way it applies the latest thinking on best use of digital transformation for government. Its directors tell The Mandarin how it will deliver through the next phase.

A political attack on child protection workers in the ACT is unfair and unfounded, the expert who chaired a review into the system says. There’s only so much the public sector can do.

The executive director of Families SA falls on his sword over a child protection bungle. Julianne Riedstra is a temporary replacement.