{"id":1535,"date":"2017-04-28T09:33:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T23:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/ice-corridors-mean-one-third-of-queensland-children-in-protection-have-parent-using-meth\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:02:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:02:24","slug":"ice-corridors-mean-one-third-of-queensland-children-in-protection-have-parent-using-meth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/ice-corridors-mean-one-third-of-queensland-children-in-protection-have-parent-using-meth\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Ice corridors’ mean one-third of Queensland children in protection have parent using meth"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY KATHY MCLEISH<\/a>  APR 27, 2017<\/p>\n

One-third of children who came into the care of the Queensland’s Department of Child Safety in 2016 had parents who use or have used methamphetamines, most commonly ice, a new report has found.<\/p>\n

About 60 per cent of those 749 children suffered neglect, about a third were subjected to emotional harm, 11 per cent experienced physical harm and 1 per cent were sexually abused.<\/p>\n

Of the children with a parent who had used ice:<\/p>\n