NSW minister admits child protection system will continue using motels hours after suggesting ban

Kate Washington tells hearing accredited providers' will continue with hotel and motel placements for children removed from families

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The minister in charge of New South Wales' troubled child protection system has admitted that vulnerable children will continue to be housed in hotels and motels - just hours after suggesting such emergency accommodation would be banned.

The state's families minister, Kate Washington, told a parliamentary hearing on Tuesday that accredited providers" would continue to operate hotel and motel placements for children who had been removed from their families due to abuse or neglect.

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