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CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
Question No. 118
Social Policy Committee - Report on
Behaviourally Disturbed Young People
MR CORNWELL - Asked the Chief Minister upon notice on 12 May 1992:
In relation to the Inquiry into Behavioural Disturbance Among Young People Report of December 1991 by the Standing Committee on Social Policy
(1) Have the Committees 38 ACT-related recommendations been coated and; if so, what would be the total cost of implementation .
(2) Will the Government- be making a response to the Assembly in respect to action or inaction upon each of the above 38 recommendations and; if so, approximately when.
(3) If the response to (1) and (2) are in the negative, then why have no costings,been done and why is no response to the -...Assembly to be made in respect of the 39 recommendations.
MS FOLLETT - The answer to the members question is as follows:
(1) Not at this stage. My Department has convened an interdepartmental committee comprising Education and Training, the Housing and. Community Services Bureau, Health, TAFE, the Police and the Community Advocate to prepare advice to the Government on each of the recommendations of the Report. The IDS will examine the feasibility of each of the recommendations and in the light of inclusions will undertake the coatings, where appropriate.
It should be noted that much has already happened that addresses this report. An initiative in last years Budget, the Structured Day Program, directly addresses issues raised. Other initiatives by the Departments of Health and Education and Training focussing, for example, on early intervention and parent support programs are also relevant.
(2) Yes. The Government will be tabling a response to each of the recommendations in the Report during 1992.
N/A
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