❓ Hon Sue Ellery questions the Minister for Child Protection regarding the effectiveness of the 2009 action plan to keep at-risk children off the streets in Kununurra, and proposes a 24-hour safe house. The Minister acknowledges the problem and outlines current initiatives.
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AT-RISK CHILDREN — KUNUNURRA
349. Hon SUE ELLERY to the Minister for Child Protection:
In 2009 the minister announced an action plan for at-risk
children and young people in Kununurra to keep them off the streets at night.
Recently Kununurra police have said in local media that most of their time is
still spent dealing with children as young as four walking the streets at
night.
(1) Will the
minister acknowledge that the 2009 action plan to keep children off the streets
in Kununurra has not worked?
(2) Will the
minister commit to a 24hour safe house in Kununurra for children who are found
roaming the streets at night?
349. Hon SUE ELLERY to the Minister for Child Protection:
In 2009 the minister announced an action plan for at-risk
children and young people in Kununurra to keep them off the streets at night.
Recently Kununurra police have said in local media that most of their time is
still spent dealing with children as young as four walking the streets at
night.
(1) Will the
minister acknowledge that the 2009 action plan to keep children off the streets
in Kununurra has not worked?
(2) Will the
minister commit to a 24hour safe house in Kununurra for children who are found
roaming the streets at night?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for the question.
(1)–(2)
We have provided $100 000 to Save the Children to work with children between
the hours of 10 o'clock at night, I think, and two o'clock in
the morning. We are also starting an operation with police and all the agencies
in the middle of June. That will probably start this week. There is an action
plan to take the children off the street. I realise that we have a problem in
Kununurra and I am addressing it with those two programs.
(1)–(2)
We have provided $100 000 to Save the Children to work with children between
the hours of 10 o'clock at night, I think, and two o'clock in
the morning. We are also starting an operation with police and all the agencies
in the middle of June. That will probably start this week. There is an action
plan to take the children off the street. I realise that we have a problem in
Kununurra and I am addressing it with those two programs.
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