A little about William in this article re new FaCS laws:
‘[...] from next year, new laws pushed by [Pru Goward’s] department [ie; NSW FaCS] would require media to gain a coroner’s approval to identify a child who has died while in care.’
‘In the past, FACS has warned media against identifying children in care, using an interpretation of a privacy law now twice rejected twice by the courts.
When a woman on Facebook started saying missing boy William Tyrrell was a foster child, Goward’s department took her to the Supreme Court.
Justice Paul Brereton refused the injunction.
“Public scrutiny of the care system, if there has been a breakdown in it, is plainly a matter of public interest,” Justice Brereton found.
“Without wishing to suggest that it is the motive in this case, that also provides a reason for the Minister to embrace the view that disclosure is not in the child's interests.”
The department appealed, lost and then sought new laws, passed in November, that will explicitly prohibit naming children as having been in state care.
“The amendment strengthens pre-existing privacy measures for children,” a FACS spokeswoman said.
The changes also curb an exemption, requiring a coroner’s permission to reveal the past of children who have died.’
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/who-s-looking-for-katrina-20181207-p50kt2.html