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Web Child Protection (Question Time) - 01/12/2021
The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection) (14:43): I don't believe it is my role. I believe there is a significant incident reporting unit that has now been established— An honourable member interjecting: The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. R. SANDERSON: —and at no point does it say that the minister is to inform the guardian. Ther... -
Web Child Protection (Question Time) - 01/12/2021
The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection) (15:00): I might just note that the previous guardian used to comment—I think for about 10 years it was ignored—about the large bed facilities and the danger that children were being left in, in places like Queenstown. In fact, not only did they ignore the previous guardian's calls to ... -
Web Children and Young People (Safety) (Inquiry into Foster and Kinship Care) Amendment Bill (Bills) - 01/12/2021
The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection) (11:20): This is obviously a very important topic, and one that is very close to my heart. In opposition, I was the shadow minister for four years and I had literally hundreds of foster carers and parents and people come to my office who were very dismayed with the whole child protecti... -
Web Child Protection (Question Time) - 01/12/2021
The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection) (14:42): We have the CARL, the Child Abuse Report Line, that was instigated many years before I was the minister. We have expanded that. We have more staff, and we have initiated the callback facility that was available but never utilised under the former government. We are answering m... -
Web Child and Young Person's Visitor Scheme (Question Time) - 01/12/2021
The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection) (14:40): We have discussed the visitor program in this house several times before. However, the Children and Young Person's Visitor Scheme was a pilot program that was funded for two years. The pilot program was scheduled to finish on 30 June 2019, but funding was extended to 30 Septem... -
Web Children in Care (Question Time) - 01/12/2021
The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection) (14:37): Obviously, cyber safety and sexual predators are a problem for all young people throughout Australia and throughout the world. If anybody recently saw the recent documentary that was on SBS The Children in the Pictures, it highlighted the cyber rings of people all around the w... -
Web Social Workers Registration Bill (Bills) - 30/11/2021
The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection) (12:46): I am very pleased to stand here today and introduce this very important piece of legislation. It is reported there are now over 4,000— The SPEAKER: Minister, there is a point of order. Ms COOK: Point of order: this is a private member's bill, which I am carrying, that has be... -
Web Social Workers Registration Bill (Bills) - 30/11/2021
The Hon. R. SANDERSON: I move: Amendment No 1 [ChildPro–1]— Page 8, after line 6—Insert: 10A—Delegation (1)	The Board may delegate a function or power under this Act (other than a prescribed function or power)— (a)	to a member of the Board; or (b)	to a committee established by the Board; or (c)	to a specified body or person (includ... -
Web Social Workers Registration Bill (Bills) - 30/11/2021
The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection) (12:54): It certainly was my intention to bring this through. In 2014, when I first became the shadow minister for child protection, I was made aware that the Australian Association of Social Workers had been advocating for two decades for the registration of social workers. It was the... -
Web Social Workers Registration Bill (Bills) - 30/11/2021
The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection) (17:56): I table the remainder of my comments in the interests of saving time.
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