House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
2023-05-04 Daily Xml

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Personal Explanation

Child Protection Department

Mr TEAGUE (Heysen) (15:11): I seek leave to make a personal explanation.

Leave granted.

Mr TEAGUE: In the course of question time, I indicated that the number of children in care as latest reported was a record 4,848. It has since been brought to my attention, and in the context of interjections from the minister in the course of that exchange, that the latest figure available as of 31 March 2023 is 4,846. It is two fewer but nonetheless an all-time record. I just indicate that.