Abuse of black kids 'not taken as seriously'

Abuse of black kids 'not taken as seriously'

QUEENSLAND'S chief coroner has accused police and other authorities of failing to take abuse against black children as seriously as whites.

Queensland State Coroner Michael Barnes, inquiring into the suicide of a 12-year-old boy in January 2004, said police had failed to adequately investigate the alleged sexual abuse of his eight-year-old sister.