Today’s media update leads with the Children’s Court, the State Government’s failure to protect proposal, and sentencing. The PVVC Inquiry is also mentioned, together with the latest coverage of rising demand for family services, and the Rainbow Hair for Foster Care campaign.
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The Children’s Court, failure to protect, and sentencing
- Push to abolish Children’s Court in Victoria in welfare shake-up, Herald Sun, 13 September 2011
- Failure to protect law may put Ballarat women at risk, The Courier, 12 September 2011
- Maximum justice needed, The Age, 13 September 2011
Rising demand from families, Rainbow Hair for Foster Care
- Hundreds of families in need of help, The Geelong Advertiser, 13 September 2011
- Demand high for a special kind of love, The Brimbank Weekly, 13 September 2011
- Foster care and coloured hair – it’s all interwoven, The Standard, 13 September 2011
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