What is the definition of child trafficking?

The Australian Federal Police state that "Human trafficking is the physical movement of people across and within borders through deceptive means, force or coercion."

Australian child protection authorities do this, and they use the services of lawyers to ensure that this happens.  Lawyers then have the protection of the state legal services commission, ie the NSW Office of Legal Services Commission - whereby they pretend that they are an oversight authority to ensure the professionalism of their lawyers. 

FaCS worker Lennard Michael Downes faces court accused of assaulting disabled boy, 9, at government-run home in the Illawarra

An Illawarra FaCS worker accused of beating a mute autistic boy was brought undone when the child's parents grew suspicious and sent him to respite care with a tape recorder concealed in his bag, a court has heard.

Police will allege disability support worker Lennard Michael Downes, 35, can be heard verbally and physically abusing the boy on the recording, which was taken over a two day period at a government-run care centre in November last year.

It is alleged Downes repeatedly calling the boy a “f—king c—t” while trying to feed him and threatened to hit him if he didn’t eat.

The recording also picked up several sounds, which were described in court documents as slapping, banging and hitting sounds.

The boy, who has a severe mental disability and requires around-the-clock care, returned home from the stay sporting a mark on his face below his mouth, which later developed into a large bruise.

His mother said he started refusing to eat, especially from a spoon, and began rapidly losing weight.

Court documents said the parents reviewed the audio recording, and upon discovering its disturbing contents, immediately reported the matter to police and managers at the group home.

It is alleged the boy can be heard crying, whimpering and gasping for air in between verbal abuse and sounds that will be alleged are from Downes slapping and hitting the child.

Court documents said a pediatric specialist reviewed the boy’s injuries in the days after the incident and found the location, shape and colour of the bruising on his face was “consistent with the victim’s jaw being forced open and/or closed”.

Downes was arrested on December 22 and charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He was released on strict bail.

During his first court appearance on Thursday, Downes indicated he would defend the charge. He also sought to relax a condition of his bail banning him from having contact with children unless supervised.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Paul Upsall opposed the variation.

“The factual circumstances alleged are horrendous,” he said.

Magistrate Michael Stoddart agreed and refused the vary Downes’ bail.

The case returns to court on March 15.

Downes has been suspended from his job but remains on full pay.

Foster crisis: Kids knowingly sent to carers with serious criminal charges

VULNERABLE foster children were placed in homes with carers who had serious criminal records, including rape, ­assault and drugs charges, with the full knowledge of the state government.

The Sunday Telegraph has obtained a leaked 2010 internal report that raises concerns with senior management in Family and Community Services (FACS) about five carers with serious criminal records.

One foster carer on the mid-north coast had an 18-page record, including two convictions for rape, three for assault, five for stealing, four for domestic violence and one of malicious wounding. The carer had done significant jail time.

The carer and his wife were paid $128,000 in foster payments each year to care for 10 children from 2005 onwards.

The report has surfaced as the NSW Upper House inquiry into the role of FACS and non-government organisations in protecting young people at risk of harm, has uncovered cases of children being raped by carers who had not had background checks.

The report written by a manager raises concerns about five carers who have criminal or child protection records.

The carers ­include one who served six years for rape and is now looking after 10 children and one looking after five children, with six other children in a household and “an extensive criminal history, not to mention departmental records of neglect of her own children”.

It is understood the report was again raised in 2013 with FACS chief Maree Walk, ­director-general Michael Coutts-Trotter and then minister Pru Goward.

Child protection expert Professor Chris Goddard from the Australian Childhood Foundation and a former child protection worker said the ­report was “horrifying” and an “indictment on the state”.

A case worker also said political correctness had hampered action because the carers were Aboriginal, caring for ­Aboriginal children.

A spokesman for FACS said the foster carer with the 18-page criminal history still had the children in his care and had his working with children check assessed by the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal in 2014 who found “he does not pose a risk to the ­safety of children.”

The spokesman said the foster carer had “reformed” and that the children were his grandchildren.

“FACS has not received any risk-of-significant-harm reports in relation to the children in this person’s care,” he said.

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