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Almost 50 people charged with sexual offences against children in SA state care
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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7/11/2024
There have been shocking revelations in South Australia that almost 50 people, including a department worker, have been charged with sexual offences against children and young people in state care.
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This information was revealed by the Department for Child Protection in response to questions
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from the Parliamentary Budget and Finance Committee in May.
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The Department says that 49 people have been charged in relation to sexual offences against
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children and young people in the state's care over the past two years.
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And two of these matters resulted in pregnancies and also one of these matters was in relation
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to a DCP staff member who was charged with sexual offences.
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And the opposition here in South Australia says that this really isn't good enough and
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they're renewing calls for the state's Child Protection Minister to resign.
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Shadow Minister Josh Teague has called these statistics, this information, intolerable.
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He says that Minister Katrine Hildyard, who also has sporting and racing portfolios, should
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resign and that a dedicated Child Protection Minister should be appointed.
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In response, Minister Hildyard says that she wouldn't be distracted by what she says is
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petty politics.
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She says that she would like to see the opposition work with her to tackle these challenges in
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the system.
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She says that there's been an increase in carers and in staff and that she's determined
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to do what she can do to help work on the system.
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