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Editorial | August 27, 2020

By Editorial
August 27 2020 - 5:30am
Reform takes time, but this long?
Reform takes time, but this long?

Integrated reform takes time. But there is clearly systematic failures happening within Tasmania's mental health and criminal justice sector that are in need of urgent action. According to the family of Joshua Barker, the state's system failed him. He was unable to receive the help he needed at a time of crisis. The story formed just part of a national investigation led by the ABC's Four Corners program this week. But examples of similar system failures have been long-documented by The Examiner. So what's being done about it?

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