Disability royal commission finds state should have done more to protect pair, who were found malnourished in house with dead father
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The Queensland government has apologised to two boys with autism who were found severely malnourished, naked and locked in a squalid room after their father died.
The child safety minister, Craig Crawford, said he was “disgusted” to learn about the abuse and neglect experienced by the teenage brothers over two decades, as revealed by the disability royal commission.
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