In the third and final day of this week’s parliament sitting, controversial e-mobility laws are set to pass.
Child Safety Minister Amanda Camm has insisted she is “not concerned” by a cratering of the number of urgent child safety matters responded to by her department since last April.
The detail was contained in the Child Safety Commission on Inquiry’s almost-1400 page report, released on Thursday, and described by the inquiry as “particularly concerning”. While the report noted strains on departmental assessment since at least April 2020, it showed only 44 per cent of 24-hour priority response investigations started on time between April 2025 and March 2026, coinciding with the rollout of the bungled Unify IT system. In the years before this, the figure was above 90 per cent.
Investigations in 72-hour priority cases were started on time in 13 per cent of cases, down from above 30 per cent, and in 6 per cent of cases for standard response cases – down from more than 25 per cent. On the first matter, Attorney-General Deb Frecklington and Child Safety Minister Amanda Camm are set to hold an early media conference before things kick off in the Legislative Assembly.
Debate began on the tweaked e-mobility laws yesterday, and is set to continue throughout the day before their scheduled passage later tonight.
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