Question on Notice regarding the number of complaints, prosecutions, and convictions related to the sexualisation of children in employment since the enactment of section 192 of the Children and Community Services Act 2004. The response indicates very few notifications and no prosecutions or convictions.

AnsweredQoN 1510Legislative Council
Asked
9 September 2014
Portfolio
Child Protection

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Further to the Minister's remarks on 13 August 2014 in reference to the now former Commissioner for Children and Young People’s Proposal 11 in the Sexualisation of Children report, I ask for each calendar (or alternatively financial) year since the enactment of section 192 of the Children and Community Services Act 2004 , what were the number of: (a) complaints received; (b) prosecutions launched; and (c) convictions obtained?

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Answered
15 October 2014
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
36 days
Since the enactment of section 192 of the
Children and Community Services Act 2004,
the Department for Child Protection and Family Support's records shows that:
(a) the number of notifications received regarding the sexualisation of children in employment, in each of the following years, were:
2008 - five
2009 - one
2010 - nil
2011 - one
2012 - nil
2013 - nil
2014 to 15 September - nil
(b) nil prosecutions were launched; and
(c) nil convictions were obtained.

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