00:02Overworked and under increasing pressure.
00:05Child safety workers are managing an average of 16 children each.
00:10Claims today the government is trying to hide their workload.
00:14We've been very clear to the department around the bargaining table
00:18that we want to expand the existing workload management tool,
00:22not remove it like the department is proposing currently.
00:25The union alleges the latest wage offer would scrap a system showing if their caseload is safe,
00:32with the replacement unavailable until 2029.
00:36The premier claims the union proposed the new system and he'd prefer to keep the status quo.
00:43I think it makes more sense to keep the same metrics
00:46and then you can continue to manage it and mark it accordingly.
00:52It keeps apples with apples.
00:53Child safety workers have been taking protected industrial action for the past week.
00:58The opposition has called for the beleaguered minister to step in,
01:02but Amanda Kam is yet to sit down with the union.
01:05It's another day of David Christopher Lee having to tidy up another Amanda Kam mess.
01:12We don't expect the minister or the DG to be at every negotiation meeting.
01:17What we do expect is that they will back up their words
01:20about wanting to fix the crisis in child safety with actions.
01:24Amanda Kam didn't clarify the department's position on the frontline reporting tool
01:29after the premier's comments.
01:32The union is prepared to ramp up industrial action, including walking off the job.
01:37Negotiations continue on Thursday.ă
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