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  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Child Protection</name>
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          <heading>Child Protection</heading>
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        <name>Ms STINSON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Badcoe</electorate>
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          <question date="2019-05-14" qonNum="781">
            <name>Child Protection</name>
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          <inserted>781 <by role="member" id="5376">Ms STINSON (Badcoe)</by> (14 May 2019).  What policies have been developed by the Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People that relate to child protection matters or children in state care since 18 October 2018?</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4343" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morialta</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Education</name>
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          <question date="2019-05-14" qonNum="781">
            <name>Child Protection</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4343">The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education):</by>  I have been advised of the following:</inserted>
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          <inserted>The Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People (the Commissioner) does not lead the development of child protection policy in South Australia. </inserted>
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          <inserted>The role of the commissioner is to monitor, advise and advocate on systemic and individual issues and to promote operations, policies and procedures by state authorities that improve the safety, health and wellbeing of the Aboriginal children and young people of South Australia.</inserted>
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