A fed-up social worker is launching a political party aimed at overhauling child protection across the country. Tony Tonkin, an Adelaide social worker of 20 years, will on Saturday launch the Child Protection Party.
He wants a nationalised approach to child protection and independent body overseeing the issue. 'Over the past 10 years, we've had 44 national inquiries into child protection and nothing seems to have changed. So in my view, we need a political voice,' Mr Tonkin, who works in private practice, told AAP.
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He wants a nationalised approach to child protection and independent body overseeing the issue. 'Over the past 10 years, we've had 44 national inquiries into child protection and nothing seems to have changed. So in my view, we need a political voice,' Mr Tonkin, who works in private practice, told AAP.
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/local/adelaide/2015/10/23/social-worker-heads-child-protection-party.html