Child safety 'misunderstood' cult before girl's death

Key points

• A Queensland child safety officer who returned eight-year-old Elizabeth Rose Struhs to her family has told a coroner they felt out of their depth regarding the family's extreme religious beliefs.
• Officers also lacked formal training and procedures for tracking cases, education department staff testified in Brisbane.
• Elizabeth died in January 2022 at the family home near Toowoomba after her father agreed to withhold insulin for her type-1 diabetes, in line with a church ban on modern medicine.