Coronial investigation into baby boy’s death finds Queensland Child Safety Department ignored warnings

A coronial investigation into the death of an eight-week-old boy has revealed how Queensland’s Child Safety Department ignored crucial warning signs from medical experts before the infant died in his mother’s lap.

The child — known as T — was born at Logan Hospital, south of Brisbane, in June 2015 with methadone and amphetamine in his body.

He was found dead less than two months later with his sleeping mother slumped over his body on the…