OZschwitz: Child suicides ignored by immoral authorities: report

Seven cases that ended in young people committing suicide were not investigated when they were last reported to Queensland's Child Safety Department, a new report says.

The Queensland Commission for Children and Young People's annual report into deaths of children and young people was tabled in Parliament today.

The report said that of the 64 children and young people known to the department who died in 2007-08, five children were in the care of the department at the time of their death.

Of the 64 children, 28 died of natural causes and 14 of accidents - including seven in car accidents, two in drownings, three in fires and two in other accidents.

Eight died after fatal assaults, a further eight died due to suspected suicides, and four deaths were put down to SIDS.

Fifty-seven deaths occurred where the child was in the care of either one or both of its biological parents, and two other children were in the care of another relative.

Of the five children in the department's care at the time of their death, four died of natural causes, and the fifth went into care after the assault that eventually caused their death.

The Child Death Case Review Committee, whose annual report was also released today, noted there was no investigation into seven of the eight young people who died of suspected suicides when they were last brought to the department's attention - even though six had a recorded history of suicide attempts.

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OZschwitz: Child suicides ignored by immoral authorities: report

OZschwitz: Child suicides ignored by immoral authorities: report

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