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A long-term bureaucrat appointed to lead the state's Child Protection Department says one of her first priorities will be to address the overrepresentation of Aboriginal children in out-of-home care.
With South Australia's child protection system again under scrutiny, the Malinauskas government is facing questions about what it is doing to ensure the state's most vulnerable don't fall through the cracks.
The state's Public Sector Employment Commissioner will temporarily take over as head of the Child Protection Department, with outgoing chief executive Cathy Taylor leaving the job today and a permanent replacement yet to be named.
Three parents are facing court after being charged over the deaths of their own children in South Australia.
SA Police this morning arrested and charged three people with manslaughter over the deaths of three children.