Queensland's opposition spokeswoman for child safety Ros Bates is demanding the release of a review into the state's child safety sector be released, a day after a Brisbane couple was charged with manslaughter over the death of a 10-year-old boy.
Renewing her attack on government minister Shannon Fentiman, Ms Bates says the appearance of a man and a woman in a Brisbane court on Wednesday charged with death of the boy was another failure from the Department of Child Safety.
Jodie Maree Powell, 43, and her de facto partner James Colin Burnham, faced the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged with the July 2015 death of Powell's nephew Curtis, who was in her care.
Ms Bates says the boy's death is the third in the past two years for children in state care, along with schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer and toddler Mason Jet Lee.
She says an expert review into deaths in care must be released by the state government to confirm or refute any suggestion the department is systemically flawed.
News that makes sense
Your trusted source for staying up-to-date with the world around you. Get free daily news updates and analysis, straight to your inbox.
"Enough is enough. People in Queensland want to know answers," she said.
"They've had enough of the spin, the washing of data, the rhetoric and reviews of this government.
"We need action now so that no other little child dies under this minister's watch."
Ms Bates said child safety case workers were "inundated" across Queensland, making it more likely potential issues would be overlooked.
She said Ms Fentiman was at fault for not ensuring her department was adequately supplied.
"85 per cent of children are not being seen in the recommended timeframe," Ms Bates said.
"Minister Fentiman said the same comments about Mason Jet Lee ... that there was no systemic failures. We know now there were systemic failures."
