Victoria's Commissioner for Children and Young People has launched an inquiry into the circumstances that led to a 12-year-old girl, who was in state care, being charged with murder. The case has thrown a spotlight on Victoria's child protection system.
Victoria 's Commissioner for Children and Young People has launched an inquiry into the circumstances that led to a 12-year-old girl , who was in state care , being charged with murder. In the last nine months there have been 125 reports made to the Commission of Children and Young People about children in state care being subjected to sexual exploitation.
Failures by the Victorian government in caring for a vulnerable 12-year-old girl charged with fatally stabbing a woman in Melbourne last year are now being investigated by the state's children's commissioner. The case has thrown a spotlight on Victoria's child protection system. The child's troubled past has been laid bare in court including that in the three years prior to being charged with murder she was reported missing from care 275 times. She had also been subjected to physical and sexual abuse. In an exclusive interview, Victoria's Commissioner for Children and Young People Liana Buchanan told 7.30 she's launched an inquiry into the circumstances that led up to the 12-year-old girl being charged
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