New child protection laws to remove kids will be retrospective

By Bianca Hall
Updated April 24 2018 - 9:56pm, first published February 8 2016 - 12:23pm

VIctoria Legal Aid and the Law Institute have raised serious concerns about tough new child protection laws that will come into effect next month, giving parents two years to get their acts together before permanently losing custody of their children.

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