Amanda Camm resigns as Queensland cabinet minister
Camm held Families and Child Safety portfolios. She resigned Friday after months of scrutiny over budget cuts and care failures.
Amanda Camm, member for Whitsunday, stepped down Friday as a Queensland cabinet minister. Camm held four roles: Families, Seniors, Disability Services, and Child Safety.
Budget cuts to domestic and family violence services put pressure on Camm for months. Children needing emergency shelter slept on floors of government buildings.
The state cut $38.5 million from domestic violence funding. A new IT system also hurt how the state responded to urgent child safety matters.
Her resignation is expected to force a cabinet reshuffle in the Crisafulli LNP government.
- $38.5 million
- Domestic violence funding cut
- Tim Mander's declared address
- Police investigation into
- 16 months
- Oversight office without update
Why it mattersA cabinet change will disrupt policy. It exposes serious failures in how the state manages child safety and domestic violence.
AustraliaQueensland's domestic violence and child safety services are now without ministerial leadership, leaving critical responses to family violence potentially compromised during transition.
Corroborated bysmh.com.au·theage.com.au
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