Page 1798 - Week 06 - Thursday, 30 July 2020
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(2) Does the Minister have a commitment to publish regular updates on progress against agreed recommendations; if so, how often.
(3) Can the Minister provide a brief overview of progress on some of the key recommendations contained in the final report.
(4) Has there been a significant increase in the number of notifications received by Child and Youth Protection Services during the COVID pandemic period, since March 2020 compared to the previous six months; if so, is the Minister able to provide a number or percentage of this increase and if not able to provide data for the pandemic period, can the Minister provide a number or percentage for the past six months.
(5) Can the Minister provide the data referred to in part (4) broken into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children; if so, what is that breakdown.
(6) How many appraisals have been undertaken during the pandemic period for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and if not able to provide the data for the pandemic period, can the Minister provide the data for past six months.
(7) How many appraisals have been undertaken during the pandemic period for non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and if not able to provide data for the pandemic period can the Minister provide the data for the past six months.
(8) How were appraisals being undertaken during the period of strictest social distancing measures and how are they occurring now.
(9) Have contact visits for children with their birth families been undertaken or maintained during COVID pandemic period; if so, how have they been managed.
(10) What is the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children taken into care during the past six months.
(11) What is the number of non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children taken into care during the past six months.
(12) Was extra monitoring put in place for children in the care and protection system, particularly while not visible during distance learning regimes; if so, how was that done.
(13) Have the recommendations made by Our Booris, Our Way Steering Committee relating specifically to the contracted provider, ACT Together, been implemented.
(14) Can the Minister provide an update on the implementation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle, including a time line for associated legislative reforms.
(15) When will the Policy and Practice co-design forum be convened.
(16) What progress has been made towards implementing an Aboriginal Child Care Association.
Ms Stephen-Smith: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
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