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REVEALED: Foster care system broken nsw labor says - The Real Truth

The school attendance of two young children plummeted when they were taken into state care in NSW. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A child in state care missed school because he didn't have a winter uniform, showing how the $1.6-billion-a-year system is broken, Labor says.

The NSW government on Monday launched an independent review into the plight of two brothers whose troubled experience in "last resort" out-of-home care emerged in Children's Court proceedings.

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