❓ A WA parliamentary question probes the Minister for Community Development regarding potential inconsistencies between the Australian Childhood Foundation's stance on child abuse responsibility and the Minister's comments about foster children 'pushing' carers, questioning departmental inaction on abuse cases.
AnsweredQoN 642Legislative Council
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(1) Is the minister aware that the self-test questionnaire on the web site of the Australian Childhood Foundation states that children are never to blame for the abuse they suffer from adults? The web site states that adults are always responsible for their behaviour to children, no matter how children behave, and that an adult never has any right to abuse a child. (2) How does the minister reconcile this with her comments on ABC radio this morning that abuse in foster care must be taken in context, as some foster children push foster carers to the limit? (3) Is the minister using her comments as an excuse for her department’s inaction in preventing a further 12 cases of abuse of children in foster care since March this year? Hon KATE DOUST
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Unfortunately, I do not have a response to that question.
(2) How does the minister reconcile this with her comments on ABC radio this morning that abuse in foster care must be taken in context, as some foster children push foster carers to the limit? (3) Is the minister using her comments as an excuse for her department’s inaction in preventing a further 12 cases of abuse of children in foster care since March this year? Hon KATE DOUST replied: Unfortunately, I do not have a response to that question.
(3) Is the minister using her comments as an excuse for her department’s inaction in preventing a further 12 cases of abuse of children in foster care since March this year? Hon KATE DOUST replied: Unfortunately, I do not have a response to that question.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: Unfortunately, I do not have a response to that question.
Unfortunately, I do not have a response to that question.
(2) How does the minister reconcile this with her comments on ABC radio this morning that abuse in foster care must be taken in context, as some foster children push foster carers to the limit? (3) Is the minister using her comments as an excuse for her department’s inaction in preventing a further 12 cases of abuse of children in foster care since March this year? Hon KATE DOUST replied: Unfortunately, I do not have a response to that question.
(3) Is the minister using her comments as an excuse for her department’s inaction in preventing a further 12 cases of abuse of children in foster care since March this year? Hon KATE DOUST replied: Unfortunately, I do not have a response to that question.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: Unfortunately, I do not have a response to that question.
Unfortunately, I do not have a response to that question.
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