Queensland child safety IT bungle worsens

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[1] The growing embarrassment over the IT glitch, that resulted in the mishandling of hundreds of cases of suspected child abuse in public schools,  has forced a senior Queensland bureaucrat to quit.

[2] This comes amid last week’s revelations that 644 cases of suspected abuse were not passed on to police because a serious hitch in the new reporting system.

[3] A further 27 reports of suspected abuse had not been forwarded to authorities from a separate error, with the fingers pointing to the system not being tested properly before it went live.

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[Source] Australian Information Technology News – Queensland child safety IT bungle worsens