SA Government To Move On Chloe's Law

[icyfroth]

Changes to child protection laws in South Australia will embrace a key recommendation from the inquest into the death of Adelaide girl Chloe Valentine.

The South Australian government has introduced legislation to parliament to remove children at birth from parents who have been convicted of killing, causing serious harm or endangering the life of a previous child.

The new provisions stem from a raft of recommendations by Coroner Mark Johns after his inquest into the death of four-year-old Chloe.

The young girl died in 2012 after repeatedly falling from a motorbike she was forced to ride.

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One can only hope such children removed from feral parents go to a loving home where they can have the advantage of snuggling up and having bedtime stories read to them.

Poor little Chloe.

[polksaladallie]

Didn't the grandmother try for years to gain custody? 

If ever there was a need for more funding, it is child protection agencies.  There is never enough staff to prevent these tragedies.

[polksaladallie]

I didn't click on the link, but I have seen the footage (of the minutes before her death) several times, and it is heartbreaking to watch and hear.

[pct001wine]

The images of that poor little poppet are haunting.  It breaks my heart to see that those caring for her - including her mother - actually thought their behaviour was reasonable.

If the death of Chloe leaves a legacy that mitigates the possibility that this may happen again, then her death may not be in vain. 

And yes, our child protection services need to be adequately funded.  RIP Chloe.

[bella_again]

It is true that our child protection services need an injection of funding however in this case as in many cases a great deal of the issue was the workers failure to act and the misinterpretations of legislation where they put the rights of the parents above the welfare of the child.

The whole system needs an overhaul, a big part of the issue is many of the social workers are out of touch.  In the years I have been involved in the system I have discovered that only a very few put the interests of the child first and have a rare commodity called common sense as well as decent decision making processes.

You see the legislation that is in place already protects the child, the problem is their decision making processes in some of these cases are clearly flawed.  Change needs to take place for sure but I think it needs to take place across the board. I also think that there needs to be greater support for workers in high stress situations and better communication between workers, parents, carers including kinship... Gosh there are a whole heap of issues.

In fact it is my belief that the whole system needs rebuilding from the ground up nationally.