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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1111 asked in the Legislative Council on 7 December 2021 by Hon Nick Goiran

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

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.