Page 4153 - Week 10 - Wednesday, 21 September 2011

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The Assembly voted—

Question so resolved in the negative.

Children and young people—care

MRS DUNNE (Ginninderra) (11.34): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes that:

(a) the Child Care and Protection Group (CCPG) within the Community Services Directorate has apparently assigned residential care placements for children or young people in the care of the Director-General to at least one non-government organisation (NGO) when the NGO apparently was not approved as a “suitable entity” under the Children and Young People Act 2008;

(b) the CCPG apparently has made similar placements on more than one occasion;

(c) on at least one placement occasion, the residential premises to be used for the purpose appeared to be unsuitable; and

(d) the Director-General of the Community Services Directorate has requested the Public Advocate of the ACT to investigate and report on the circumstances of these matters;

(2) calls on the Minister for Community Services to:

(a) by close of business this day, table the letter from the Director-General appointing the Public Advocate of the ACT to conduct the investigation noted above, including the terms of reference; and

(b) ensure that the Public Advocate is properly resourced to carry out this investigation; and

(3) requests the Public Advocate to:

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