一位墨尔本母亲说,她的女儿Luna在披露被忽略后多年遭受虐待,但儿童保护却失败了。 A Melbourne mother says child protection failed her daughter, Luna, who suffered years of abuse after disclosures were ignored.

一位墨尔本母亲露丝(Ruth)说儿童保护机构在她女儿露娜(Luna)之后未能采取行动, A Melbourne mother, Ruth, says child protection agencies failed to act after her daughter Luna, then two, disclosed daily sexual abuse by the husband of a family daycare provider. 尽管该男子在2022年底被捕,并向监管机构发出警报, 但调查仍未采取行动. Despite the man’s arrest in late 2022 and alerts to regulators, investigations were closed without action. 露丝忍受了几个月的拖延和沉默, 早期学习监管者只与她联系过一次, 违反了协议。 Ruth endured months of delays and silence, with the early learning regulator contacting her only once, breaching protocol. 只是在媒体关注之后,该案才重新开审。 The case was only reopened after media attention. Luna,现在11岁,遭受了严重的创伤,包括自残和抑郁症。 Luna, now 11, has suffered severe trauma, including self-harm and depression. 各党派的政治家批评系统性失败,称这是多年忽视儿童安全监督的结果。 Politicians across parties criticized the systemic failures, calling the case a result of years of neglect in child safety oversight.