❓ Hon Nick Goiran questions the Minister for Child Protection regarding the delayed response to the statutory review of the Adoption Act 1994, specifically seeking implementation dates for certain recommendations. The Minister provides dates for the non-legislative policy recommendations.
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ADOPTION ACT — STATUTORY REVIEW
438. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the parliamentary secretary representing the
Minister for Child Protection:
I refer to the minister's
answer in the fortieth Parliament to my question without notice 1290, which
revealed that the government was still not ready to provide its response to
each of the recommendations from the statutory review of the Adoption Act 1994
that had been tabled two years prior.
(1) With time now
approaching three years since the tabling of the review report, will the
government now provide its response to each of the recommendations of the
review?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) On which
dates were each of the non-legislative policy recommendations 17, 20, 24 and 28
implemented?
438. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the parliamentary secretary representing the
Minister for Child Protection:
I refer to the minister's
answer in the fortieth Parliament to my question without notice 1290, which
revealed that the government was still not ready to provide its response to
each of the recommendations from the statutory review of the Adoption Act 1994
that had been tabled two years prior.
(1) With time now
approaching three years since the tabling of the review report, will the
government now provide its response to each of the recommendations of the
review?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) On which
dates were each of the non-legislative policy recommendations 17, 20, 24 and 28
implemented?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question and provide the following answer on behalf of the Minister for
Child Protection.
(1)–(2) The government is
considering the implementation of the legislative amendments required.
(3) The five
recommendations that did not require any amendment to the legislation to
progress have all been completed. The
completion dates for the relevant recommendations were as follows.
Recommendations 17 and 20 were
implemented on 31 December 2020. Recommendation 24 was implemented on 17 November
2020 and it was reviewed in December 2020. Recommendation 28 was
implemented on 3 December 2020.
of the question and provide the following answer on behalf of the Minister for
Child Protection.
(1)–(2) The government is
considering the implementation of the legislative amendments required.
(3) The five
recommendations that did not require any amendment to the legislation to
progress have all been completed. The
completion dates for the relevant recommendations were as follows.
Recommendations 17 and 20 were
implemented on 31 December 2020. Recommendation 24 was implemented on 17 November
2020 and it was reviewed in December 2020. Recommendation 28 was
implemented on 3 December 2020.
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