A review into New South Wales' (Australia's most populous state) Department of Communities and Justice has found "significant failures" led two foster children, aged 12 and 14, to be placed in a home shared with convicted triple killer Regina Arthurell, who was released from prison in 2020 after serving time for two manslaughters and a murder. The department ignored a public warning made in December 2024 about Arthurell's presence in the home, and later approved a second child's placement there in March 2025 without conducting basic checks — two lapses that have since resulted in two staff members being suspended pending misconduct investigations. NSW Families Minister Kate Washington acknowledged that adequate resources had been available for a proper investigation and that departmental procedures were not followed, saying the children should have been placed "at the centre of the decision-making processes."