Structured Decision Management needs to be abolished: study

11 April 2024International · Social JusticeChild Protection system · Griffith University · Structured Decision ManagementLiam O’Connell

Governments around the country are looking to replicate a move in Queensland to abolish Structured Decision Management after it was found to disadvantage Indigenous families.

The SDM process has been used in New South Wales since 2010, and is designed to predict how likely a family will come in to contact with the Child Protection system.

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Liam O’Connell