00:00A community in mourning, gathering to honour the life of a four-year-old boy.
00:07Seeing this happen in our own backyard has really, really hit home for everybody.
00:12Being a social worker, you see a lot of things.
00:15This is probably by far the worst thing that I've ever seen.
00:19There's so much that can be done to prevent this stuff from happening.
00:22The body of the young boy was discovered by police during a welfare check on Saturday afternoon.
00:28Triggered after his mother attended the local police station.
00:32This is just a horrific event.
00:34The loss of any child is something that shocks an entire community.
00:38The 31-year-old woman was charged with domestic violence murder and refused bail.
00:43According to court documents, police applied for an urgent order to collect forensic samples from the mother before charges were
00:49laid.
00:50Police sources have confirmed the investigation is examining allegations of cannibalism.
00:55The government says the Department of Communities and Justice previously received and responded to a number of reports about the
01:02family.
01:03The most recent was 18 months ago.
01:06It's now been directed to launch an independent review.
01:09The review will examine the Department's previous contact with the family, why the child was living with the mother, whether
01:18departmental decisions and actions were appropriate, and whether the Department could have done more to protect this child.
01:27We had an ombudsman report that came out earlier this year that showed that around 65% of children and
01:33young people being reported at risk were not being seen by a caseworker.
01:37And that is because the caseworkers are overworked, and there's not enough of them.
01:42A call to action as a community reels from a shocking tragedy.
01:46Oh, no.
01:46we have.
01:46We have.
01:46we have.
01:46we have.
01:49We have.
01:49Thank you, fold your seat.
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