NSW to ban motels, caravan parks as emergency homes for children

The NSW Labor government will ban children from being housed in motels and caravan parks supervised by shift workers from labour-hire companies after the last-resort care emergency option was described as akin to a “dog moved from cage to cage”.

The controversial so-called alternative care arrangements (ACA) have come under the spotlight after the NSW Advocate for Children and Young People earlier this year reported a litany of disturbing testimonies by children living in state-funded emergency care.

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