❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice addresses the Department for Child Protection's involvement with the Gnangara Nyoongah community, specifically concerning the welfare of children living there. The Minister's response acknowledges involvement but cites limitations in providing specific data due to the community's mobility and data management practices.
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GNANGARA NYOONGAH COMMUNITY — CHILDREN
I refer to the Gnangara Nyoongah community, and the comments of the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Michelle Roberts, that her primary concern has been for the children living in that community, and that she has made it quite clear that she does not think children should be living there. (1) Has the Department for Child Protection had any involvement with the families and children living at the Gnangara Nyoongah community? (2) If yes to (1), in what capacity? (3) How many children are living at that community? (4) What are the ages of those children? (5) How many times has the department visited the community in the past five years? (6) What allegations of abuse, if any, have been of concern to the department? (7) Have any of the children at the community been placed on care and protection orders? Hon SUE ELLERY
I refer to the Gnangara Nyoongah community, and the comments of the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Michelle Roberts, that her primary concern has been for the children living in that community, and that she has made it quite clear that she does not think children should be living there. (1) Has the Department for Child Protection had any involvement with the families and children living at the Gnangara Nyoongah community? (2) If yes to (1), in what capacity? (3) How many children are living at that community? (4) What are the ages of those children? (5) How many times has the department visited the community in the past five years? (6) What allegations of abuse, if any, have been of concern to the department? (7) Have any of the children at the community been placed on care and protection orders? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(1) Has the Department for Child Protection had any involvement with the families and children living at the Gnangara Nyoongah community? (2) If yes to (1), in what capacity? (3) How many children are living at that community? (4) What are the ages of those children? (5) How many times has the department visited the community in the past five years? (6) What allegations of abuse, if any, have been of concern to the department? (7) Have any of the children at the community been placed on care and protection orders? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(2) If yes to (1), in what capacity? (3) How many children are living at that community? (4) What are the ages of those children? (5) How many times has the department visited the community in the past five years? (6) What allegations of abuse, if any, have been of concern to the department? (7) Have any of the children at the community been placed on care and protection orders? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(3) How many children are living at that community? (4) What are the ages of those children? (5) How many times has the department visited the community in the past five years? (6) What allegations of abuse, if any, have been of concern to the department? (7) Have any of the children at the community been placed on care and protection orders? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(4) What are the ages of those children? (5) How many times has the department visited the community in the past five years? (6) What allegations of abuse, if any, have been of concern to the department? (7) Have any of the children at the community been placed on care and protection orders? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(5) How many times has the department visited the community in the past five years? (6) What allegations of abuse, if any, have been of concern to the department? (7) Have any of the children at the community been placed on care and protection orders? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(6) What allegations of abuse, if any, have been of concern to the department? (7) Have any of the children at the community been placed on care and protection orders? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(7) Have any of the children at the community been placed on care and protection orders? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(1) Has the Department for Child Protection had any involvement with the families and children living at the Gnangara Nyoongah community? (2) If yes to (1), in what capacity? (3) How many children are living at that community? (4) What are the ages of those children? (5) How many times has the department visited the community in the past five years? (6) What allegations of abuse, if any, have been of concern to the department? (7) Have any of the children at the community been placed on care and protection orders? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(2) If yes to (1), in what capacity? (3) How many children are living at that community? (4) What are the ages of those children? (5) How many times has the department visited the community in the past five years? (6) What allegations of abuse, if any, have been of concern to the department? (7) Have any of the children at the community been placed on care and protection orders? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(3) How many children are living at that community? (4) What are the ages of those children? (5) How many times has the department visited the community in the past five years? (6) What allegations of abuse, if any, have been of concern to the department? (7) Have any of the children at the community been placed on care and protection orders? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(4) What are the ages of those children? (5) How many times has the department visited the community in the past five years? (6) What allegations of abuse, if any, have been of concern to the department? (7) Have any of the children at the community been placed on care and protection orders? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(5) How many times has the department visited the community in the past five years? (6) What allegations of abuse, if any, have been of concern to the department? (7) Have any of the children at the community been placed on care and protection orders? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(6) What allegations of abuse, if any, have been of concern to the department? (7) Have any of the children at the community been placed on care and protection orders? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(7) Have any of the children at the community been placed on care and protection orders? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(1) Yes. (2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(2) The department has investigated child protection reports as well as responded to requests for services, including parent support services, on a case-by-case basis. (3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(3)-(4) The number and ages of children living in the community fluctuate as families move in and out of the community. The department does not have access to the information sought, and it would not be possible to provide an accurate response to these questions. (5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
(5)-(7) Specific information about the number of departmental officer visits to the community over the period of five years, as asked, will be contained in individual case files. As the population in the community includes families who are mobile, the relevant departmental files are held across a number of offices. It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate response within the required time frame. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide an accurate response to questions regarding the number of allegations, or those placed on care and protection orders, within the required time frame. I can advise that during 2007, two children who were linked with the community, but who did not appear to live there, were the subject of substantiated allegations of abuse and were taken into the care of the chief executive officer. Those children are not permitted to return to the community. During 2007, the Mirrabooka DCP office established a Gnangara working party that liaised with the local school principal, and its members and other Mirrabooka office staff undertook regular visits to the community.
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