The Queensland Times: Queensland:
Wednesday, March 15, 2017.
Labor and the
Department are running a protection racket for a bungling Minister and a child
safety system in crisis, by attaching large price tags to right to information
requests.
A recent
Opposition RTI request has come back with a $4,320 price tag.
The
information would have highlighted how each child safety centre is performing
against key performance measures.
In late 2016
similar information covering October 2016 was leaked revealing a hidden child
abuse backlog and abuse investigations had stalled.
Using RTI
charges to hide a growing backlog of thousands of child abuse reports in
regional call centres is unacceptable.
Queenslanders
deserve to know if the almost 4,000 cases of suspected child abuse stuck in a
secret backlog have become worse.
What are they
trying to hide by trying to block access to the latest data through
ridiculously high charges?
If the
previous leaked data is anything to go by things must be far worse.
Charging RTI
costs of more than $4,000 is nothing short of scandalous.
In October
2016 it was revealed 85 per cent of all statewide investigations into child
abuse needing attention within 10 days had that deadline missed.
First Labor
were washing the data and now they are hiding it through a protection
racket.
The real
question is how much influence did the Minister's office have in this
decision-making process?
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