The child protection system in the aftermath of Katelynn’s death has shown it is incapable of fundamental change. A system built in risk and liability can not see and hear children, cannot support families, cannot keep children “safe”

An Inquest into Katelynn’s death ushered in a host of institutional changes including Katelynn’s Principle - that children involved in the child protection system must be seen and heard.
Yet still today they are not.

Katelynn was known to two child protection agencies that had sets of workers responsible for protecting her. They didn’t