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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2020-09-23" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Disability Services</name>
      <text id="2020092354669f17797943a880000308">
        <heading>Disability Services</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5244" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. J.E. HANSON</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2020-09-23">
            <name>Disability Services</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-09-23T15:16:53" />
        <text id="2020092354669f17797943a880000309">
          <timeStamp time="2020-09-23T15:16:53" />
          <by role="member" id="5244">The Hon. J.E. HANSON (15:16):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking a question of the Minister for Human Services regarding disability services.</text>
        <text id="2020092354669f17797943a880000310">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. J.E. HANSON</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <page num="1742" />
        <text id="2020092354669f17797943a880000311">
          <by role="member" id="5244">The Hon. J.E. HANSON:</by>  On numerous occasions in this place the minister has outlined the important role of the Incident Management Unit within her department. On 4 June, she advised the council:</text>
        <text id="2020092354669f17797943a880000312">
          <inserted>The IMU has responsibility for triaging and determining appropriate response to all allegations of inappropriate care…This includes incidents that occur within accommodation services and the youth justice training centre…The IMU is also responsible for investigating matters relating to DHS by the Independent Commissioner against Corruption for matters of misconduct or maladministration. The IMU also has a coordination role in relation to the National Redress Scheme.</inserted>
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        <text continued="true" id="2020092354669f17797943a880000313">My questions to the minister are:</text>
        <text id="2020092354669f17797943a880000314">1.&amp;#x9;How many staff are currently employed in the IMU?</text>
        <text id="2020092354669f17797943a880000315">2.&amp;#x9;How many of those staff are in acting positions?</text>
        <text id="2020092354669f17797943a880000316">3.&amp;#x9;Has the funding or staff allocation to that unit decreased since the election of the Marshall Liberal government?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Human Services</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-09-23T15:18:07" />
        <text id="2020092354669f17797943a880000317">
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          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (15:18):</by>  I thank the honourable member for his question. The exact number of staff who are employed in the Incident Management Unit is not a detail I have before me, but I can advise that—and I think I may have referred to this previously in response to questions—we have a director who is a SAPOL officer on leave without pay from SAPOL.</text>
        <text id="2020092354669f17797943a880000318">We have another member who is a former SAPOL officer, two who are former SAPOL officers from other jurisdictions, two solicitors and several staff have completed qualifications in government investigations. I think that demonstrates that we do have a range of staff with appropriate qualifications to lead this important area to improve safety and responses to any incidents.</text>
        <text id="2020092354669f17797943a880000319">I will take on notice the question in relation to the staffing levels, previous and current, and bring back a more detailed response.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="2020092354669f17797943a880000320">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Mr Hanson, a supplementary.</text>
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