Andrews: State must accept it failed children in care

THE state needed to accept it had failed children in its care, according to Children’s Minister Barry Andrews.

But he denied that his failure to publish any of the reports he received on children who died while in the care of the state was tantamount to a cover-up.

He said there were 23 tragic cases since the Children First guidelines were introduced a decade ago, and he had received reports into four of them.