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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 1068

Child Abuse

MR CORNWELL: Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services

(1) What was the gender of the informant in the 425 substantiated cases and 547 unsubstantiated cases of child abuse listed in the Bureaus 1992-93 Annual Report on Page 74?

(2) If such detail is not recorded why not?

MR CONNOLLY: The answers to Mr Cornwells questions are as follows

(1) The gender of informants is recorded on each notification file, but is not

aggregated. A manual file search would be required to provide this

information and I am not prepared to authorise the use of the very

considerable resources that would be involved in providing the

detailed information required to answer the Members question.

(2) It is not aggregated because the gender of the informant has no

relevance to the credibility of the notification

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