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Former mother of the year says she can no longer foster children under broken system

Maria Worner has been caring for Canberra’s most vulnerable children for decades. Some have arrived in the middle of the night and stayed just hours while others have stayed for years, becoming part of her family.
Key points:
- 2019 Barnardos mother of the year Maria Worner says she can no longer care for children under a broken foster care system
- Ms Worner has called for a Legislative Assembly review of the system
- The ACT government has instead suggested a mechanism to allow for external review of care decisions but it has no timeline for implementing it
But the 2019 ACT Barnardos Mother of the Year has made a difficult choice to publicly call out the ACT government’s Childcase and Youth Protection Services (CYPS), claiming it has been…
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