Page 491 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 20 February 2019
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government also continues to engage with young people through the ACT Youth Advisory Council and across relevant consultations.
Madam Speaker, given the tenor of the previous questions, I also want to note that the ACT government engages closely with children and young people in the out of home care system, facilitated by CREATE. We have had a number of meetings with CREATE’s young consultants. Late last year we held a forum with the young consultants to talk about their experiences in the out of home care system. They presented at the end of the day their views and their recommendations to me, to the executive director of children, youth and families and to other members of the broader community that make up the child protection system.
This is a government that listens to young people. We hear that young people care about the future of their environment, about clean energy and about being supported to express their identity. We hear that young people want to feel safe. We will keep listening.
Mr Barr: Madam Speaker, further questions can be placed on the notice paper.
Paper
Madam Speaker presented the following paper:
Inspector of Correctional Services Act, pursuant to subsection 30(2)—Report of a review of a correctional service by the ACT Inspector of Correctional Services—The care and management of remandees at the Alexander Maconochie Centre 2018, dated 11 February 2019.
Personal explanation
MRS KIKKERT (Ginninderra) (3.19): I seek leave to make a personal explanation.
MADAM SPEAKER: Leave is granted to Ms Kikkert to make a personal explanation.
MRS KIKKERT: The Minister for Children, Youth and Families, Rachel Stephen-Smith, refuted and mocked the substance of my question regarding the New South Wales government’s—
Ms Stephen-Smith: Oh, good lord!
MRS KIKKERT: As she is doing right now—out of home care policy. The minister would be well placed to see that the amendments to the New South Wales children and young person’s—
Ms Stephen-Smith: Point of order, Madam Speaker.
MADAM SPEAKER: Yes, just resume your seat. Mrs Kikkert, this is a personal explanation, not a debate.
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