{"id":33128,"date":"2015-05-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/removing-kids-from-drug-families\/"},"modified":"2015-05-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T00:00:00","slug":"removing-kids-from-drug-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/removing-kids-from-drug-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Removing kids from drug families"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Image | News Corp<\/h6>\n<h3>Tony Harrison says parents who use drugs shouldn\u2019t automatically lose their kids.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019ve got to treat each case on its own merits,\u201d Mr Harrison, head of the Department of Education and Child Development, told FIVEAA breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>He said a family\u2019s unique circumstances had to be considered, but he remained committed to acting when necessary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf parents are using illicit drugs and children are put at risk, it\u2019s our responsibility as the statutory child protection agency to move in and sometimes remove those children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still stand by that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Harrison said he had a strong view on parents using illicit drugs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t support it any capacity whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we do need to assess each case on its own merits, and we do remove a lot of children from families unfortunately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN to the full interview here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/203779688&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/carrie-bickmore-s-gold-logie-speech-stole-the-show\">THE LOGIE SPEECH AUSTRALIA IS TALKING ABOUT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/worrying-trend-for-port-adelaide\">WORRYING TREND FOR PORT ADELAIDE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image | News Corp Tony Harrison says parents who use drugs shouldn\u2019t automatically lose their kids. \u201cI think we\u2019ve got to treat each case on its own merits,\u201d Mr Harrison, head of the Department of Education and Child Development, told FIVEAA breakfast. 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