The family an Indigenous teenager who died while in state care says recommendations of a coronial inquest into his death have not gone far enough.
The family of an Indigenous teenager who died while in state care on the Far South Coast almost five years ago says a coronial inquest into his death has not gone far enough.Key points:The 17-year-old had been in the care of the state since was seven
"If George was allowed to interact with his family, maybe things would be different today," she said.had been in the legal parental custody of what is now the Department of Communities and Justice since the age of seven.The inquest heard George had been living with his great-uncle Paul Campbell and aunt Marion Campbell at Wallaga Lake in the year leading up to his death.
"George required culturally appropriate, careful, and intensive supervision if he was to have a reasonable chance of successfully achieving some measure of stability in adult life." "We need our own services and our own people looking after our kids, not the colonial system of out-of-home care," the statement said.In her findings, Ms O'Sullivan noted there was a "lack of caseworker continuity", no "proper handover between caseworkers" and an "absence of curiosity or awareness" from the department after reports of George's alleged substance use.
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