CHILD PROTECTION —
REGISTERED CARERS
1111. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the parliamentary secretary representing the
Minister for Child Protection:
I refer to the answer to my question
without notice 936 in which the house was informed that the minister regularly
meets with the director general about the practice that he described to the
Standing Committee on Estimates and Financial Operations as ''not
something that we encourage'', and I note that the minister avoided
tabling documents in answer to my question without notice 1054.
(1) Has the minister received any
documents about the practice in question?
(2) If yes to (1), will the minister
table those documents?
(3) If no to (2),
will the minister undertake to inform the Auditor General in accordance with
section 82 of the Financial Management Act 2006?
Hon DARREN
WEST replied:
I
thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. On behalf of the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Child Protection,
I provide the following answer.
(1) No. The
minister meets with the director general of Department of Communities regularly
to discuss child protection matters. A standing agenda item in these meetings
allows for verbal discussion between the minister and the director general to
cover emerging or current issues.
(2)–(3) Not
applicable.