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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2025-08-20T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Aboriginal Education Strategy</name>
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        <heading>Aboriginal Education Strategy</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5418" referenceid="e7b583be01404e74b438589370882e1d" uid="a592f9d4a9374e4bb6611a83f7370d62" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. C. BONAROS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2025-08-20T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Aboriginal Education Strategy</name>
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        <startTime time="2025-08-20T15:20:50+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="5418" referenceid="e7b583be01404e74b438589370882e1d" uid="a592f9d4a9374e4bb6611a83f7370d62">The Hon. C. BONAROS (15:20):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services, representing the Minister for Education, a question regarding the Auditor-General's Report findings, the audit of stage 2 of the Aboriginal Education Strategy, tabled in this place yesterday.</text>
        <text id="20250820d2c81e3eb2654fe6a0000207">Leave granted.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5418" referenceid="e7b583be01404e74b438589370882e1d" uid="5fdf7289c08e4eb890f51c6d4fb5425f" kind="question" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. C. BONAROS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="5418" referenceid="e7b583be01404e74b438589370882e1d" uid="5fdf7289c08e4eb890f51c6d4fb5425f">The Hon. C. BONAROS:</by>  The said report was tabled in this place yesterday and examined whether the Department for Education is effectively managing implementation, planning, performance measurement and evaluation under stage 2 of the AES 2022-26 period. Such elements are considered critical to ensuring the decade-long commitment we made as a state to deliver improved educational outcomes for Aboriginal South Australians is fulfilled. The Auditor-General has raised serious concerns regarding gaps in performance measurements, including within the report's conclusion, stating:</text>
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          <inserted>Given these gaps, DE is not able to effectively demonstrate the impact of the AES and most initiatives and how they are progressing towards achieving their goals and objectives.</inserted>
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        <text continued="true" id="20250820d2c81e3eb2654fe6a0000210">My questions to the minister are:</text>
        <text id="20250820d2c81e3eb2654fe6a0000211">1.&amp;#x9;What are the immediate corrective steps the Department for Education will take to address the findings of the report?</text>
        <text id="20250820d2c81e3eb2654fe6a0000212">2.&amp;#x9;How will it allocate resources to ensure planned initiatives, particularly those targeting early years and engagement in regional areas, are fully delivered?</text>
        <text id="20250820d2c81e3eb2654fe6a0000213">3.&amp;#x9;Can the minister specify which key performance indicators under stage 2 are not being tracked or reported effectively and what the government intends to do to restore transparency, including definite milestones and timelines?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5413" referenceid="07ef1306959a44c38acfb7dce9a031db" uid="30da05f1f4744a07b353bed3d58eb6ec" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. E.S. BOURKE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services</name>
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            <name>Minister for Autism</name>
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            <name>Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5413" referenceid="07ef1306959a44c38acfb7dce9a031db" uid="30da05f1f4744a07b353bed3d58eb6ec">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Autism, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (15:22):</by>  I thank the honourable member for her question, and I will seek a response from the relevant minister.</text>
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