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Vulnerable Children
Minister Must Explain COVID Child Safety ResponseThe Minister for Human Services must explain why vulnerable children were unable to access safe accommodation or key support services during COVID restrictions. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 6 Aug 2020 |
Hodgman's Child Safety Leadership FailureThe Premier and his Treasurer have conceded defeat on public sector wage negotiations and referred the matter to the Tasmanian Industrial Commission. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 27 Jun 2019 |
Child Protection Not Safe From Gutwein's CutsThe Treasurer has refused to commit the government to quarantining the child protection system from the so-called ‘efficiency dividend’. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 4 Jun 2019 |
Appointment of the New Commissioner for Children and Young PeopleThere are few roles within government as important as the independent Commissioner for Children and Young People. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 19 Nov 2018 |
Child Safety Services - ResourcingThe evidence strongly suggests an under-resourced agency was unable to respond in time possibly to save the child's life. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 17 Oct 2017 |
Resignation of the Commissioner for ChildrenIt is a sad day for Tasmania's children and young people with the sudden resignation of Commissioner, Mark Morrissey. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 3 Aug 2017 |
Liberals Treat Public's Right to Know with ContemptCassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 10 Mar 2017 |
Liberals Break Right to Information LawThe Liberals have instituted a culture of secrecy and contempt for Right to Information which is infecting the entire government. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 8 Mar 2017 |
Premier Hodgman Undercuts Human Services Minister on Child ProtectionCassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 1 Feb 2017 |
Commissioner for Children's Report Exposes Urgent Need for FundingCassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 31 Jan 2017 |
Still Too Many Unanswered Questions on Safe PathwaysCassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 15 Jan 2017 |
No Role for Profit Making in Child ProtectionCassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 16 Nov 2016 |