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10. Barnardos has advised that no former Premier Youthworks employees who have taken redundancy payments have subsequently been employed by Barnardos to provide residential care services.

Children and young people—care and protection
(Question No 2704)

Mrs Kikkert asked the Minister for Children, Youth and Families, upon notice, on 20 September 2019 (redirected to the Attorney-General):

(1) For each of the financial years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13, (e) 2013-14, (f) 2014-15, (g) 2015-16, (h) 2016-17, (i) 2017-18 and (j) 2018-19, how many applications for amendment or revocation of a care and protection order were filed with the Children’s Court by a party to the order.

(2) How many of the applications in part (1) were filed (a) in conjunction with an annual review and (b) outside of the annual review process in the case of special circumstances.

(3) How many applications to amend or revoke in each year referred to in part (1) were unsuccessful.

(4) How many unsuccessful applications were appealed by a party to the order and how many of these appeals were successful.

(5) How many applications to amend or revoke in each year referred to in part (1) were successful; of these successful applications, how many were then appealed by the ACT Government; of those appealed by the ACT Government, how many were eventually reversed.

(6) For each of the financial years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13, (e) 2013-14, (f) 2014-15, (g) 2015-16, (h) 2016-17, (i) 2017-18 and (j) 2018-19, how much in total did the ACT Government spend on defending care and protection orders subject to an application for amendment or revocation.

(7) How much did the Government spend on engaging outside legal experts or others to assist with the defences as referred to in part (6).

(8) For each of the financial years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13, (e) 2013-14, (f) 2014-15, (g) 2015-16, (h) 2016-17, (i) 2017-18 and (j) 2018-19, how much in total did the ACT Government spend on appealing successful applications to amend or revoke a care and protection order.

(9) How much did the Government spend on engaging outside legal experts or others to assist with the appeals as referred to in part (8).

(10) For each of the financial years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13, (e) 2013-14, (f) 2014-15, (g) 2015-16, (h) 2016-17, (i) 2017-18 and (j) 2018-19, how much did the ACT Government spend on cost orders – whether mandated by a magistrate or volunteered – for those who (i) applied for a care and protection order to be amended or revoked and (ii) were involved in a Government decision to appeal the outcome of an application to amend or revoke a care and protection order.


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