❓ A parliamentary question addresses child protection concerns in Kununurra, including children roaming the streets, police contact with child protection, truancy, and resource adequacy due to population influx. The Minister provides information on departmental actions and inter-agency collaboration.
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CHILD PROTECTION — KUNUNURRA REGION
I refer to recent events in Kununurra in which children as young as six years of age are roaming the streets at night. (1) Has the minister obtained a report from the Kununurra Department for Child Protection office about the number of children roaming the streets in Kununurra and sleeping behind shops at night? (2) How many times have the police contacted child protection workers after hours from 1 January 2007 until the present time? (3) What is the Department for Child Protection doing about young children who are not attending school in the daytime? (4) Can the minister confirm that there has been a great influx of Aboriginal people to Kununurra from other districts in the Kimberley and that the Department for Child Protection does not have enough resources to manage? Hon SUE ELLERY
I refer to recent events in Kununurra in which children as young as six years of age are roaming the streets at night. (1) Has the minister obtained a report from the Kununurra Department for Child Protection office about the number of children roaming the streets in Kununurra and sleeping behind shops at night? (2) How many times have the police contacted child protection workers after hours from 1 January 2007 until the present time? (3) What is the Department for Child Protection doing about young children who are not attending school in the daytime? (4) Can the minister confirm that there has been a great influx of Aboriginal people to Kununurra from other districts in the Kimberley and that the Department for Child Protection does not have enough resources to manage? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Kununurra office provides regular briefings to the director general on issues in the east Kimberley region and the director general keeps me informed as required. I might add that the Kimberley is a standing agenda item in the fortnightly meetings I have with the director general. On Wednesday, 12 March 2008, I met with the director general and the acting executive director for country services, when we held discussions concerning Kununurra and the east Kimberley region. (2) The department estimates that police contacted child protection workers in Kununurra after hours 128 times on a range of issues. In relation to contacts about specific children, the Kununurra office met with police and the Department of Indigenous Affairs to identify those children. Officers have followed up their concerns with parents involved. The department is participating in night patrols. The honourable member might have noted an editorial in The Kimberley Echo praising the actions of the Department for Child Protection. (3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
(1) Has the minister obtained a report from the Kununurra Department for Child Protection office about the number of children roaming the streets in Kununurra and sleeping behind shops at night? (2) How many times have the police contacted child protection workers after hours from 1 January 2007 until the present time? (3) What is the Department for Child Protection doing about young children who are not attending school in the daytime? (4) Can the minister confirm that there has been a great influx of Aboriginal people to Kununurra from other districts in the Kimberley and that the Department for Child Protection does not have enough resources to manage? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Kununurra office provides regular briefings to the director general on issues in the east Kimberley region and the director general keeps me informed as required. I might add that the Kimberley is a standing agenda item in the fortnightly meetings I have with the director general. On Wednesday, 12 March 2008, I met with the director general and the acting executive director for country services, when we held discussions concerning Kununurra and the east Kimberley region. (2) The department estimates that police contacted child protection workers in Kununurra after hours 128 times on a range of issues. In relation to contacts about specific children, the Kununurra office met with police and the Department of Indigenous Affairs to identify those children. Officers have followed up their concerns with parents involved. The department is participating in night patrols. The honourable member might have noted an editorial in The Kimberley Echo praising the actions of the Department for Child Protection. (3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
(2) How many times have the police contacted child protection workers after hours from 1 January 2007 until the present time? (3) What is the Department for Child Protection doing about young children who are not attending school in the daytime? (4) Can the minister confirm that there has been a great influx of Aboriginal people to Kununurra from other districts in the Kimberley and that the Department for Child Protection does not have enough resources to manage? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Kununurra office provides regular briefings to the director general on issues in the east Kimberley region and the director general keeps me informed as required. I might add that the Kimberley is a standing agenda item in the fortnightly meetings I have with the director general. On Wednesday, 12 March 2008, I met with the director general and the acting executive director for country services, when we held discussions concerning Kununurra and the east Kimberley region. (2) The department estimates that police contacted child protection workers in Kununurra after hours 128 times on a range of issues. In relation to contacts about specific children, the Kununurra office met with police and the Department of Indigenous Affairs to identify those children. Officers have followed up their concerns with parents involved. The department is participating in night patrols. The honourable member might have noted an editorial in The Kimberley Echo praising the actions of the Department for Child Protection. (3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
(3) What is the Department for Child Protection doing about young children who are not attending school in the daytime? (4) Can the minister confirm that there has been a great influx of Aboriginal people to Kununurra from other districts in the Kimberley and that the Department for Child Protection does not have enough resources to manage? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Kununurra office provides regular briefings to the director general on issues in the east Kimberley region and the director general keeps me informed as required. I might add that the Kimberley is a standing agenda item in the fortnightly meetings I have with the director general. On Wednesday, 12 March 2008, I met with the director general and the acting executive director for country services, when we held discussions concerning Kununurra and the east Kimberley region. (2) The department estimates that police contacted child protection workers in Kununurra after hours 128 times on a range of issues. In relation to contacts about specific children, the Kununurra office met with police and the Department of Indigenous Affairs to identify those children. Officers have followed up their concerns with parents involved. The department is participating in night patrols. The honourable member might have noted an editorial in The Kimberley Echo praising the actions of the Department for Child Protection. (3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
(4) Can the minister confirm that there has been a great influx of Aboriginal people to Kununurra from other districts in the Kimberley and that the Department for Child Protection does not have enough resources to manage? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Kununurra office provides regular briefings to the director general on issues in the east Kimberley region and the director general keeps me informed as required. I might add that the Kimberley is a standing agenda item in the fortnightly meetings I have with the director general. On Wednesday, 12 March 2008, I met with the director general and the acting executive director for country services, when we held discussions concerning Kununurra and the east Kimberley region. (2) The department estimates that police contacted child protection workers in Kununurra after hours 128 times on a range of issues. In relation to contacts about specific children, the Kununurra office met with police and the Department of Indigenous Affairs to identify those children. Officers have followed up their concerns with parents involved. The department is participating in night patrols. The honourable member might have noted an editorial in The Kimberley Echo praising the actions of the Department for Child Protection. (3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Kununurra office provides regular briefings to the director general on issues in the east Kimberley region and the director general keeps me informed as required. I might add that the Kimberley is a standing agenda item in the fortnightly meetings I have with the director general. On Wednesday, 12 March 2008, I met with the director general and the acting executive director for country services, when we held discussions concerning Kununurra and the east Kimberley region. (2) The department estimates that police contacted child protection workers in Kununurra after hours 128 times on a range of issues. In relation to contacts about specific children, the Kununurra office met with police and the Department of Indigenous Affairs to identify those children. Officers have followed up their concerns with parents involved. The department is participating in night patrols. The honourable member might have noted an editorial in The Kimberley Echo praising the actions of the Department for Child Protection. (3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Kununurra office provides regular briefings to the director general on issues in the east Kimberley region and the director general keeps me informed as required. I might add that the Kimberley is a standing agenda item in the fortnightly meetings I have with the director general. On Wednesday, 12 March 2008, I met with the director general and the acting executive director for country services, when we held discussions concerning Kununurra and the east Kimberley region. (2) The department estimates that police contacted child protection workers in Kununurra after hours 128 times on a range of issues. In relation to contacts about specific children, the Kununurra office met with police and the Department of Indigenous Affairs to identify those children. Officers have followed up their concerns with parents involved. The department is participating in night patrols. The honourable member might have noted an editorial in The Kimberley Echo praising the actions of the Department for Child Protection. (3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
(1) The Kununurra office provides regular briefings to the director general on issues in the east Kimberley region and the director general keeps me informed as required. I might add that the Kimberley is a standing agenda item in the fortnightly meetings I have with the director general. On Wednesday, 12 March 2008, I met with the director general and the acting executive director for country services, when we held discussions concerning Kununurra and the east Kimberley region. (2) The department estimates that police contacted child protection workers in Kununurra after hours 128 times on a range of issues. In relation to contacts about specific children, the Kununurra office met with police and the Department of Indigenous Affairs to identify those children. Officers have followed up their concerns with parents involved. The department is participating in night patrols. The honourable member might have noted an editorial in The Kimberley Echo praising the actions of the Department for Child Protection. (3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
(2) The department estimates that police contacted child protection workers in Kununurra after hours 128 times on a range of issues. In relation to contacts about specific children, the Kununurra office met with police and the Department of Indigenous Affairs to identify those children. Officers have followed up their concerns with parents involved. The department is participating in night patrols. The honourable member might have noted an editorial in The Kimberley Echo praising the actions of the Department for Child Protection. (3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
(3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
(4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
(1) Has the minister obtained a report from the Kununurra Department for Child Protection office about the number of children roaming the streets in Kununurra and sleeping behind shops at night? (2) How many times have the police contacted child protection workers after hours from 1 January 2007 until the present time? (3) What is the Department for Child Protection doing about young children who are not attending school in the daytime? (4) Can the minister confirm that there has been a great influx of Aboriginal people to Kununurra from other districts in the Kimberley and that the Department for Child Protection does not have enough resources to manage? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Kununurra office provides regular briefings to the director general on issues in the east Kimberley region and the director general keeps me informed as required. I might add that the Kimberley is a standing agenda item in the fortnightly meetings I have with the director general. On Wednesday, 12 March 2008, I met with the director general and the acting executive director for country services, when we held discussions concerning Kununurra and the east Kimberley region. (2) The department estimates that police contacted child protection workers in Kununurra after hours 128 times on a range of issues. In relation to contacts about specific children, the Kununurra office met with police and the Department of Indigenous Affairs to identify those children. Officers have followed up their concerns with parents involved. The department is participating in night patrols. The honourable member might have noted an editorial in The Kimberley Echo praising the actions of the Department for Child Protection. (3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
(2) How many times have the police contacted child protection workers after hours from 1 January 2007 until the present time? (3) What is the Department for Child Protection doing about young children who are not attending school in the daytime? (4) Can the minister confirm that there has been a great influx of Aboriginal people to Kununurra from other districts in the Kimberley and that the Department for Child Protection does not have enough resources to manage? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Kununurra office provides regular briefings to the director general on issues in the east Kimberley region and the director general keeps me informed as required. I might add that the Kimberley is a standing agenda item in the fortnightly meetings I have with the director general. On Wednesday, 12 March 2008, I met with the director general and the acting executive director for country services, when we held discussions concerning Kununurra and the east Kimberley region. (2) The department estimates that police contacted child protection workers in Kununurra after hours 128 times on a range of issues. In relation to contacts about specific children, the Kununurra office met with police and the Department of Indigenous Affairs to identify those children. Officers have followed up their concerns with parents involved. The department is participating in night patrols. The honourable member might have noted an editorial in The Kimberley Echo praising the actions of the Department for Child Protection. (3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
(3) What is the Department for Child Protection doing about young children who are not attending school in the daytime? (4) Can the minister confirm that there has been a great influx of Aboriginal people to Kununurra from other districts in the Kimberley and that the Department for Child Protection does not have enough resources to manage? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Kununurra office provides regular briefings to the director general on issues in the east Kimberley region and the director general keeps me informed as required. I might add that the Kimberley is a standing agenda item in the fortnightly meetings I have with the director general. On Wednesday, 12 March 2008, I met with the director general and the acting executive director for country services, when we held discussions concerning Kununurra and the east Kimberley region. (2) The department estimates that police contacted child protection workers in Kununurra after hours 128 times on a range of issues. In relation to contacts about specific children, the Kununurra office met with police and the Department of Indigenous Affairs to identify those children. Officers have followed up their concerns with parents involved. The department is participating in night patrols. The honourable member might have noted an editorial in The Kimberley Echo praising the actions of the Department for Child Protection. (3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
(4) Can the minister confirm that there has been a great influx of Aboriginal people to Kununurra from other districts in the Kimberley and that the Department for Child Protection does not have enough resources to manage? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Kununurra office provides regular briefings to the director general on issues in the east Kimberley region and the director general keeps me informed as required. I might add that the Kimberley is a standing agenda item in the fortnightly meetings I have with the director general. On Wednesday, 12 March 2008, I met with the director general and the acting executive director for country services, when we held discussions concerning Kununurra and the east Kimberley region. (2) The department estimates that police contacted child protection workers in Kununurra after hours 128 times on a range of issues. In relation to contacts about specific children, the Kununurra office met with police and the Department of Indigenous Affairs to identify those children. Officers have followed up their concerns with parents involved. The department is participating in night patrols. The honourable member might have noted an editorial in The Kimberley Echo praising the actions of the Department for Child Protection. (3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Kununurra office provides regular briefings to the director general on issues in the east Kimberley region and the director general keeps me informed as required. I might add that the Kimberley is a standing agenda item in the fortnightly meetings I have with the director general. On Wednesday, 12 March 2008, I met with the director general and the acting executive director for country services, when we held discussions concerning Kununurra and the east Kimberley region. (2) The department estimates that police contacted child protection workers in Kununurra after hours 128 times on a range of issues. In relation to contacts about specific children, the Kununurra office met with police and the Department of Indigenous Affairs to identify those children. Officers have followed up their concerns with parents involved. The department is participating in night patrols. The honourable member might have noted an editorial in The Kimberley Echo praising the actions of the Department for Child Protection. (3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Kununurra office provides regular briefings to the director general on issues in the east Kimberley region and the director general keeps me informed as required. I might add that the Kimberley is a standing agenda item in the fortnightly meetings I have with the director general. On Wednesday, 12 March 2008, I met with the director general and the acting executive director for country services, when we held discussions concerning Kununurra and the east Kimberley region. (2) The department estimates that police contacted child protection workers in Kununurra after hours 128 times on a range of issues. In relation to contacts about specific children, the Kununurra office met with police and the Department of Indigenous Affairs to identify those children. Officers have followed up their concerns with parents involved. The department is participating in night patrols. The honourable member might have noted an editorial in The Kimberley Echo praising the actions of the Department for Child Protection. (3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
(1) The Kununurra office provides regular briefings to the director general on issues in the east Kimberley region and the director general keeps me informed as required. I might add that the Kimberley is a standing agenda item in the fortnightly meetings I have with the director general. On Wednesday, 12 March 2008, I met with the director general and the acting executive director for country services, when we held discussions concerning Kununurra and the east Kimberley region. (2) The department estimates that police contacted child protection workers in Kununurra after hours 128 times on a range of issues. In relation to contacts about specific children, the Kununurra office met with police and the Department of Indigenous Affairs to identify those children. Officers have followed up their concerns with parents involved. The department is participating in night patrols. The honourable member might have noted an editorial in The Kimberley Echo praising the actions of the Department for Child Protection. (3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
(2) The department estimates that police contacted child protection workers in Kununurra after hours 128 times on a range of issues. In relation to contacts about specific children, the Kununurra office met with police and the Department of Indigenous Affairs to identify those children. Officers have followed up their concerns with parents involved. The department is participating in night patrols. The honourable member might have noted an editorial in The Kimberley Echo praising the actions of the Department for Child Protection. (3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
(3) The Department of Education and Training has the primary responsibility for addressing truancy. However, the Department for Child Protection’s Kununurra office works closely with local schools to consider broader strategies and to follow up on children who are under the department’s care and who are truanting. The parent support program will be rolled out in mid-2008 in east Kimberley and it will include responses to truancy. (4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
(4) Indigenous people in Kununurra travel around the region at this time of the year and are frequently prevented from returning home due to weather and road conditions. The department provides attraction and retention benefits to staff working in the Kimberley and is continually working to attract more staff.
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