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One of Queensland’s biggest residential care businesses has collapsed, the same month a child alleged she had been raped by a carer at one of their residences.
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she → collapse → residences
Lighthouse Child and Family Services launched in 2022 and quickly became one of the biggest companies of its kind.
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Services → launch → kind
The company went into liquidation this week and has no more children in its care.
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company → go → care
New Child Safety Minister Amanda Stoker confirmed to this masthead that the department had to step in and act following the liquidation.
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department → confirm → liquidation
“The department has moved swiftly in managing appropriate arrangements and four young people have now been transitioned from this provider to other placements,” the minister said.
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minister → move → placements
Lighthouse founder Levi Te Namu has been contacted for comment.
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Namu → contact → comment
Te Namu started Lighthouse while working for the not-for-profit Uniting Care with his now business partner Joshua Hillman.
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Namu → start → partner
An email seen by this masthead earlier this month showed the police investigation into the rape allegation ended when the girl involved did not want to provide a formal statement and withdrew the complaint, and Te Namu said the man involved no longer worked at Lighthouse.
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man → see → Lighthouse
Meanwhile, workers at other agencies told this masthead that large numbers of children in state care were being moved out of Lighthouse residential homes.
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numbers → tell → homes
On October 5, Te Namu said the organisation was caring for 12 children, after operating 41 houses at its peak.
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organisation → say → peak
He said case referrals to Lighthouse had slowed before the rape allegation.
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referrals → say → allegation
In Queensland, providers can operate without a licence, but must comply with minimum standards.
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providers → operate → standards
Te Namu said the company had been fighting to get a residential care licence since April, and a decision from the department was delayed from July to October.
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decision → say → October
Te Namu said earlier this month the rape allegation was disclosed on August 21, before it was reported in the media on August 26.
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it → say → August
“On 26 August, the department confirmed that the application remained under the licensing delegate’s consideration.
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application → confirm → consideration
It refused the application on 1 September, 2026,” Te Namu said.
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Namu → refuse → September
A department spokesperson said Lighthouse was considered unsuitable for a licence under the Child Protection Act.
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Lighthouse → say → Act
The department decision to refuse Lighthouse’s application for a care service license is currently subject to review by QCAT.
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decision → refuse → QCAT
Child safety has become a hot-button political issue after the number of children in Queensland residential care soared from 650 at the end of 2015 to more than 2800 by March this year.
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number → become → March
Former minister Amanda Camm resigned from the frontbench on October 23, citing health concerns, but it followed a spate of highly publicised incidents including her relationship with fellow cabinet member Tim Mander and disturbing reports of the treatment of children in state care.
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it → resign → care
At a press conference announcing her resignation, Camm said she would not concede mistakes had been made in her two years in charge of a sensitive and scrutinised portfolio.
“I have delivered the biggest reform to these portfolios in the last two years than any minister before me in 20 years,” she said.
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she → announce → years
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