House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2017-10-18 Daily Xml

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Adelaide Youth Training Centre

345 Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (3 August 2017). With respect to Youth Training Centres—

1. How many youths in the centres are Indigenous?

2. How many youths in the centre have previously been under the guardianship of the Minister for Child Protection prior to entering the centre?

The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON (Ramsay—Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers): I have been advised:

1. During 2016-17, 187 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander young people were admitted to the Adelaide Youth Training Centre (AYTC).

2. During 2016-17, 84 young people who were under the Guardianship of the Minister for Child Protection, were admitted to the AYTC.