SocietyTeenage girl allegedly raped in ‘heinous’ attack at Queensland care home

Queensland’s child safety minister, Amanda Camm, says police are investigating the alleged rape of a teenage girl at a state-funded residential care home west of Brisbane. A staff member is accused of assaulting the girl, who is understood to have an intellectual impairment. The case has intensified pressure to reform the child safety system, with the government proposing a new protection commission.

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