❓ The WA government, in collaboration with the Commonwealth, is exploring compulsory income management as a tool to address child neglect, alongside enhanced child protection and parenting support services. A pilot program is planned for the second half of 2008, contingent on amendments to the Parental Support and Responsibility Bill 2005.
AnsweredQoN 5948Legislative Council
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Will the Minister advise the House what progress has been made in respect of this recommendation?
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Answered
18 March 2008
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
21 days
Discussions regarding the use of compulsory income management as a case management tool to address child neglect are currently being progressed between the Commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Department for Child Protection, Departments of Indigenous Affairs, Education and Training and Housing and Works.
It is envisaged that a pilot of this initiative will occur in the second half of 2008.
What is being proposed by the Western Australian Government, together with the Commonwealth Government, is income management that occurs together with a stronger child protection system.
The success of this work is in part conditional upon passage of the
Parental Support and Responsibility Bill 2005
. In particular I have proposed amendments to that Bill to allow for a sharing of information between parental support workers of the Department for Child Protection, Centrelink and the Children's Court.
The aim is that income is managed in a way that goes towards meeting the essential needs of children, in critical cases this will occur compulsorily, but together with parenting supports the aim is that families will be able to manage their own income and improve parenting.
This system of income management, child protection and parenting services will apply to Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal families where children are at risk.
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It is envisaged that a pilot of this initiative will occur in the second half of 2008.
What is being proposed by the Western Australian Government, together with the Commonwealth Government, is income management that occurs together with a stronger child protection system.
The success of this work is in part conditional upon passage of the
Parental Support and Responsibility Bill 2005
. In particular I have proposed amendments to that Bill to allow for a sharing of information between parental support workers of the Department for Child Protection, Centrelink and the Children's Court.
The aim is that income is managed in a way that goes towards meeting the essential needs of children, in critical cases this will occur compulsorily, but together with parenting supports the aim is that families will be able to manage their own income and improve parenting.
This system of income management, child protection and parenting services will apply to Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal families where children are at risk.
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