Training Centre Visitor

In reply to the Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK ().2 November 2023).

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector): The Minister for Human Services has advised:

The figures referred to in the member's question are not reflected in the Training Centre Visitor's (TCV) 2022-23 Annual Report.

According to the figures in the TCV's Annual Report, there was a 12.1 per cent increase in the proportion of dual involved young people admitted to Kurlana Tapa who identify as Aboriginal when comparing data from an 11-month period in a calendar year (2021) with the 2022-23 financial year.

DHS data shows, of the dual involved young people admitted to Kurlana Tapa in 2021-22, 48.2 per cent identified as Aboriginal. Of the dual involved young people admitted to Kurlana Tapa in 2022-23, 52.9 per cent identified as Aboriginal.

This represents a 4.7 per cent increase when comparing 2021-22 and 2022-23.