Child abuse in Queensland

The Queensland legal system is currently outdated and due to this, child abuse levels are rising. The Queensland laws on family issues were created quite a long time ago, and with the changing ways of society, the laws must be updated to have any effect on the victims and offenders.

The child abuse laws in Queensland are currently insufficient and not suitable for many of the problems abused children face. The current law is based around the action of taking the child abuse victim away from his/her inflicting environment and put into government care (a children’s home). This is good for a short-term solution but the issues that the child has acquired during its torment will generally be a life long concern. Counselling should be made a necessity for both the abuser and the abused, as well as the immediate removal of the child. When a parent is found to be guilty of child abuse, they can be charged...