BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 13 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement:
Minister for Families, Seniors and Disability Services and Minister for Child Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence
The Honourable Amanda Camm
* New quarterly Child Safety data shows the number of Queensland children in residential care has stabilised for the first time in 10 years.
* There are fewer kids in residential care, and more in kinship and foster care, compared with March quarterly data.
* The number of new carers has increased by 722 under the Crisafulli Government, nearly double the last four years of Labor.
* Thesecond-ever census found 833 vulnerable children weren't in their p...