State ‘failing to protect children in family crises’
Its comments follow an inquest into the death of 28-year-old Sharon Grace, who drowned her daughters, Abby (three) and Mikhala (four) before taking her own life last year.
The distraught mother-of-three from Barntown had called to a local hospital on April 16 last year, looking for a social worker. But it was a Saturday evening and none was available.