Elizabeth Struhs’ child protection case not ‘prioritised’ due to high workload, inquest hears

Eight-year-old Queensland girl died in 2022 after being denied insulin by her religious parents

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Elizabeth Struhs’ child protection case was not “prioritised” or worked intensively because the staff member assigned to her case was “very busy”, a coroner has heard.

The Queensland coroner’s court also heard the case worker may have been “overly influenced” by the presentation of Struhs’ “upper class home”, putting cases believed to involve a more immediate risk ahead of Elizabeth’s.