AdvertisementNationalQueenslandQueensland government Child safety system ‘broken’, Camm admits, revealing rising number of kids in care Julius Dennis Updated July 30, 2026 — 12:12pm ,first published July 30, 2026 — 9:41am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Share A A AThe number of children – including those younger than five – in state care in Queensland has risen, the Child Safety minister has revealed. Minister for Child Safety Amanda Camm said the current number of children in care would be a line in the sand. The commission, headed by Paul Anastassiou, KC, who slammed the state’s child safety system in his 1400-page report, received more than 1000 public submissions. AAP A “measure of failure” was how he characterised the statistic of 13,500 children in state care as of March 2025.