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  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Child Protection Department Staffing</name>
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          <heading>Child Protection Department Staffing</heading>
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        <name>Mr TEAGUE</name>
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        <electorate id="">Heysen</electorate>
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          <question date="2025-10-14T00:30:00+10:30" qonNum="120">
            <name>Child Protection Department Staffing</name>
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            <timeStamp time="2025-10-15T00:00:00+10:30" />120 120<by role="member" id="5381" referenceid="a67795d8a9734f88b14c11a0318b3b0c" uid="a4fd291acfbf4217b3eefcd67f21c3c7">Mr TEAGUE (Heysen—Deputy Leader of the Opposition)  </by>(30 August 2023).  What was the staff turnover rate as a percentage within the Department for Child Protection for financial year 2022-23?</inserted>
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        <name>The Hon. K.A. HILDYARD</name>
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        <electorate id="">Reynell</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Child Protection</name>
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            <name>Child Protection Department Staffing</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4846" referenceid="13be682a04ba433b88fa53e0b98e6bf0" uid="1021b3a27b9a4064aa7330e4778a50b1">The Hon. K.A. HILDYARD (Reynell—Minister for Child Protection, Minister for Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence, Minister for Women):</by>  I have been advised of the following: </inserted>
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          <inserted>Since forming government, we have increased our budgeted FTE by 254.8 FTE. Since forming government, the staff turnover rate has continued to reduce. </inserted>
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          <inserted>The government has continued to promote workforce development through a range of initiatives including the establishment of the Learning Excellence and Innovation Academy, Aboriginal Workforce Action Plan and the Child Protection and Family Support Sector Workforce Strategy.</inserted>
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