Unions express concern about government plans to outsource child services to NGOs

The Community and Public Sector Union and Health and Community Services Union express concern about government plans to outsource child services in Tasmania to nongovernmental organizations. “The Community and Public Sector Union’s Tom Lynch said the redesign was effectively outsourcing accountability to the non-government sector ‘rather than a Minister of the Crown being responsible for our child safety service, [and being] accountable to the people of Tasmania through the Parliament of Tasmania.’ Mr. Lynch said he believed the service would be more bureaucratic and deter people from making notifications about at-risk children.”