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❓ Question on Notice regarding applications to declare premises liquor restricted, specifically those made by the Director General of the Department for Child Protection and Family Support and their clients. The Department encourages families to apply themselves, and doesn't track client applications.

AnsweredQoN 3159Legislative Council

Asked

13 May 2015

Member

Hon Stephen Dawson

Portfolio

Child Protection

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I refer to applications under the Liquor Control Act 1988 to have premises declared liquor restricted places, and I ask: (a) how many applications has the Director General made to the Director of Liquor Licensing to have premises declared liquor restricted in the following periods: (i) 2014-2015; (ii) 2013-2014; (iii) 2012-2013; and (iv) 2011-2012; and (b) how many applications have clients of the Department for Child Protection and Family Support made to the Director of Liquor Licensing to have premises declared liquor restricted in the following periods: (i) 2014-2015; (ii) 2013-2014; (iii) 2012-2013; and (iv) 2011-2012?

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Answered

13 August 2015

Responded by

Minister for Child Protection

Response time

92 days

(a) Although the Director General of the Department has the authority to apply to the Director of Liquor Licencing to make a declaration, it is rarely used as the Department's practice guidance encourages child protection workers to assist families to apply for their own declaration where possible.
The number of applications made by the Director General to the Director of Liquor Licencing to have premises declared liquor restricted was:
(i) 2014-2015 - 0
(ii) 2013-2014 - 1
(iii) 2012-2013 - 2
(iv) 2011-2012 - 3
(b) Unknown. The Department for Child Protection and Family Support (the Department) does not record aggregated data for applications made voluntarily by Department clients to the Director of Liquor Licencing to have premises declared liquor restricted.

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