SCHOOLS —
CHILDREN WITH HARMFUL SEXUAL BEHAVIOURS
370. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I
refer to the minister's answer to question without notice 15, which
informed the house that as of 15 February 2022, one alleged or convicted
offender was attending the same public school as their victim.
(1) As at the
start of term 2, is that alleged or convicted offender still at the same school
as their victim?
(2) What is the
current total number of alleged or convicted offenders who are attending the
same public school as their victims?
(3) What is the
current total number of students who have been identified as having engaged in
harmful sexual behaviours?
(4) Is the
minister aware of any offenders attending the same private school as their
victims?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) Yes.
(2) Two.
(3) As of 10 May
2022, the Department of Education has received 165 police notifications for
public school students through the multiagency protocol for education options
for young people charged with harmful sexual behaviours. Twenty-five have also
been received for non-government schools. In 2017, the McGowan government put in place protocols to manage safety arrangements
for school students when a young person at a school is charged with
harmful sexual behaviours. Prior to this, under the Liberal–National
government, no such arrangements were in place.
(4) No.