WA: Child protection workers to attend with police at domestics

WA: Child protection workers to attend with police at domestics

The WA government has announced that a trial program involving child protection workers attending with police at domestics has been a success and will be rolled out. The trial is credited with greatly decreasing the number of domestics. The ABC has the full story here.

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