'Unheard and uncared for': Children in state care exploited by adults

ABC News (Australia) has published the findings of a nineteen-month investigation into the sexual exploitation of children in state care, under the headline 'Unheard and uncared for.' Reporters spoke with experts, advocates and residential care workers for the story. Residential care is the arrangement in which children removed from their families are housed by the state, often in group homes staffed by paid workers. The feed summary does not include further detail on what the investigation found.

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