| Inquiry status: Completed | Date started: 03 December 2024 | Reporting date: 06 May 2025 (Report tabled) |
This inquiry is now complete.
The Committee’s report was tabled on 6 May 2025 and is available under the “Reports” tab above.
The Government Response to the report is due on 6 September 2025 and, when published, will be available under the “Government Responses” tab above.
The Committee thanks all those who contributed to the inquiry by making a submission or participating in hearings.
For further information, please contact the Secretariat:
- By email (preferred): LACommitteeSP@parliament.act.gov.au
- By post: Standing Committee on Social Policy, ACT Legislative Assembly, GPO Box 1020, Canberra ACT 2601
Terms of reference
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| Terms of reference |  PDF (175.2 KB) |
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| Submission 01 - AR Hearings 2023-24 - 13 May 2025 - Correction to Record - Director-General Community Services Directorate | PDF (178.9 KB) |
Public hearings
Public hearings will be held from Monday, 10 February 2025 to Friday, 21 February 2025.
View current public hearings schedule and click here to read transcripts from these hearings.
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| Public hearing schedule - Annual and Financial Reports 2023-24 as at 18 February 2025 | PDF (243.6 KB) |
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| SP QON 091 Answer - CSD - Domestic and family violence services - CARRICK | PDF (252.4 KB) |
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| SP QON 090 Answer - UC - Careers UC - NUTTALL | PDF (207.3 KB) |
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| SP QON 089 Answer - UC - University of Canberra Hiring Process - NUTTALL | PDF (373.7 KB) |
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| SP QON 088 Answer - ATSI CYP - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children - EMERSON | PDF (184.9 KB) |
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| SP QON 087 Answer - CSD - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program Funding - EMERSON | PDF (187.2 KB) |
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| SP QON 086 Answer - CSD - Indigenous Social Workers - EMERSON | PDF (229.6 KB) |
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| SP QON 085 Answer - CSD - Reporting on Productivity Commission Review of National Agreement on Closing the Gap - EMERSON | PDF (321.2 KB) |
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| SP QON 084 Answer - CSD - National Agreement on Closing the Gap 17 SEOs - EMERSON | PDF (199.3 KB) |
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| SP QON 083 Answer - CSD - Public housing numbers - Housing ACT - CAIN | PDF (212.5 KB) |
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| SP QON 082 Answer - CHS - Health Costing – Operating Theatres - CASTLEY | PDF (165.8 KB) |
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| SP QON 081 Answer - ACT Health - Health Service Data Dashboard - CASTLEY | PDF (194.4 KB) |
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| SP QON 080 Answer - CSD - The Child, Youth and Family Service Program - EMERSON | PDF (203.3 KB) |
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| SP QON 079 Answer - CSD - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle - EMERSON | PDF (228.2 KB) |
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| SP QON 078 Answer - CSD - ATSI Affairs - Our Booris Implementation - EMERSON | PDF (204.2 KB) |
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| SP QON 077 Answer - CSD - Aboriginal Affairs - out of home care - EMERSON | PDF (218.6 KB) |
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| SP QON 076 Answer - Education - Complaints in Public School System - EMERSON | PDF (186.1 KB) |
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| SP QON 075 Answer - Education - Carers in public schools - EMERSON | PDF (206.5 KB) |
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| SP QON 074 Answer - CHS - AMC Health care - EMERSON | PDF (229.3 KB) |
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| SP QON 073 Answer - CHS - Change in fee services - EMERSON | PDF (186.2 KB) |
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| SP QON 072 Answer - CHS - Aboriginal Health Unit - EMERSON.pdfSP QON 072 Answer - CHS - Aboriginal Health Unit - EMERSON | PDF (188.9 KB) |
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| SP QON 071 Answer - CHS - Alternative Health Practice - EMERSON | PDF (186.3 KB) |
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| SP QON 070 Answer - CHS - Aboriginal affairs - Health - EMERSON | PDF (264.7 KB) |
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| SP QON 069 Answer - CHS - Health Culture Survey - EMERSON | PDF (167.6 KB) |
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| SP QON 069 Answer - Attachment A - Medical Officers Detailed Results from CHS October 2024 Pulse Survey | PDF (149.2 KB) |
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| SP QON 068 Answer - ACT Health - Health Culture - Infant Program - EMERSON | PDF (198.1 KB) |
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| SP QON 067 Answer - CHS - Latrogenic injuries in Canberra Health Services - WERNER-GIBBINGS | PDF (210.9 KB) |
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| SP QON 066 Answer - ACT Health - Weekly Respiratory Illness Report - BARRY | PDF (174.7 KB) |
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| SP QON 065 Answer - ACT Health - Disability Access - BARRY | PDF (222.3 KB) |
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| SP QON 064 Answer - CHS - Website updates - BARRY | PDF (216.4 KB) |
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| SP QON 063 Answer - ACT Health - Disability Royal Commission - BARRY | PDF (221.8 KB) |
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| SP QON 062 Answer - CSD - NDIS changes - BARRY | PDF (217.9 KB) |
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| SP QON 061 Answer - ACT Health - Closure of Burrangiri Respite Centre - CARRICK | PDF (167.5 KB) |
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| SP QON 060 Answer - CSD - Enhanced Care - BARRY | PDF (227.7 KB) |
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| SP QON 059 Answer - CSD - Act of Grace payment - BARRY | PDF (185.0 KB) |
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| SP QON 058 Answer - CSD - Social Housing Maintenance - BARRY | PDF (210.7 KB) |
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| SP QON 057 Answer - CSD - Workplace or occupational violence - BARRY | PDF (222.9 KB) |
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| SP QON 056 Answer - Education - Three-year-old preschool initiative - BARRY | PDF (204.1 KB) |
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| SP QON 055 Answer - CSD - Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Strategy - BARRY | PDF (206.3 KB) |
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| SP QON 054 Answer - CSD - Freedom of information requests - BARRY | PDF (227.1 KB) |
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| SP QON 053 Answer - CSD - Operation Kite – Fraud controls - BARRY | PDF (168.3 KB) |
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| SP QON 052 Answer - Education - Resources to deal with racism - BARRY | PDF (230.4 KB) |
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| SP QON 051 Answer - Education - Period products in schools - BARRY | PDF (210.2 KB) |
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| SP QON 050 Answer - Education - Bullying - NUTTALL | PDF (210.0 KB) |
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| SP QON 049 Answer - Education - Discrimination in Schools - NUTTALL | PDF (185.3 KB) |
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| SP QON 048 Answer - Education - ACT Public School Staffing, Teacher Attraction & Retention Plan - NUTTALL | PDF (212.1 KB) |
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| SP QON 047 Answer - Education - Small Group Learning - NUTTALL | PDF (236.2 KB) |
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| SP QON 046 Answer - Infrastructure - Strathnairn ECEC Centre delay - NUTTALL | PDF (167.2 KB) |
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| SP QON 045 Answer - Education - Climate Adaption - NUTTALL | PDF (233.8 KB) |
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| SP QON 044 Answer - Education - Free 3-year-old Preschool - NUTTALL | PDF (175.5 KB) |
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| SP QON 043 Answer - Infrastructure - Strathnairn School - Oval - BARRY | PDF (160.7 KB) |
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| SP QON 042 Answer - Education - Public School Programs (Education and Youth Affairs) - EMERSON | PDF (180.4 KB) |
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| SP QON 041 Answer - Education - Handover Documents from Education Directorate - EMERSON | PDF (170.4 KB) |
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| SP QON 040 Answer - CSD - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs - resource allocations 2024 - BARRY | PDF (291.8 KB) |
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| SP QON 039 Answer - CHS - Mental Health workforce planning - BARRY | PDF (250.0 KB) |
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| SP QON 038 Answer - ACT Health - Care Orders - BARRY | PDF (172.5 KB) |
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| SP QON 037 Answer - CHS - Transfer from detention or youth detention to mental health facility - BARRY | PDF (220.9 KB) |
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| SP QON 036 Answer - ACT Health - Apprehensions by Apprehending professional - BARRY | PDF (194.8 KB) |
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| SP QON 035 Answer - ACT Health - Emergency detention under the Mental Health Act - BARRY | PDF (184.9 KB) |
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| SP QON 034 Answer - ACT Health - Responses to Chief Psychiatrist Report dated January 2024 - BARRY | PDF (299.3 KB) |
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| SP QON 033 Answer - ACT Health - Preventative health - CARRICK | PDF (198.1 KB) |
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| SP QON 032 Answer - ACT Health - Safe Haven Woden - CARRICK | PDF (203.5 KB) |
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| SP QON 031 Answer - ACT Health - Seniors and ageing (mental health) - CARRICK | PDF (168.8 KB) |
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| SP QON 030 Answer - CHS - Handover Documents from Canberra Health Services - EMERSON | PDF (149.1 KB) |
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| SP QON 029 Answer - ACT Health - Handover Documents from ACT Health Directorate - EMERSON | PDF (197.0 KB) |
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| SP QON 028 Answer - CSD - Staffing and budget - BARRY | PDF (514.6 KB) |
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| SP QON 027 Answer - CSD - ACT Women's Plan and the Third Action Plan - financial management - CARRICK | PDF (509.4 KB) |
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| SP QON 026 Answer - CSD - ACT Women's Plan and the Third Action Plan - CARRICK | PDF (108.9 KB) |
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| SP QON 025 Answer - CSD - Social Housing - maintenance - BARRY | PDF (236.8 KB) |
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| SP QON 024 Answer - ACT Health - Mental Health Care Affordability - RATTENBURY | PDF (203.1 KB) |
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| SP QON 023 Answer - ACT Health - Safe Haven Garran - RATTENBURY | PDF (165.9 KB) |
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| SP QON 022 Answer - CSD - Handover Documents from Community Services Directorate - EMERSON | PDF (191.7 KB) |
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| SP QON 021 Answer - ACT Police - Domestic Violence Orders - service of - BARRY | PDF (2.3 MB) |
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| SP QON 020 Answer - CSD - Women's perceptions of safety - BARRY | PDF (421.2 KB) |
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| SP QON 019 Answer - CSD - Safer Families Levy (CSD) - CARRICK | PDF (2.3 MB) |
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| SP QON 018 Answer - CSD - Community sector funding and sustainability - CARRICK | PDF (203.4 KB) |
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| SP QON 017 Answer - ACT Health - Burrangiri respite care - closure - CARRICK | PDF (202.6 KB) |
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| SP QON 016 Answer - CSD - Carers (CSD) - EMERSON | PDF (184.0 KB) |
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| SP QON 015 Answer - CMTEDD Cheif Minister - Disability Inclusion - EMERSON | PDF (243.1 KB) |
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| SP QON 014 Answer - CSD - Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence - EMERSON | PDF (95.5 KB) |
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| SP QON 013 Answer - CSD - Community Services for Women Experience Sexual Violence - EMERSON | PDF (94.5 KB) |
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| SP QON 012 Answer - CSD - Safer Families Levy - EMERSON | PDF (95.6 KB) |
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| SP QON 011 Answer - CSD - Community Collaboration Programs - EMERSON | PDF (655.3 KB) |
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| SP QON 010 Answer - CSD - Housing - EMERSON | PDF (579.9 KB) |
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| SP QON 009 Answer - CSD - Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation - EMERSON | PDF (200.8 KB) |
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| SP QON 008 Answer - CSD - Homelessness - EMERSON | PDF (197.0 KB) |
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| SP QON 007 Answer - CSD - Southside homelessness services - CARRICK | PDF (334.2 KB) |
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| SP QON 006 Answer - CSD - Wait lists Housing ACT - CAIN | PDF (265.6 KB) |
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| SP QON 005 Answer - CSD - Housing ACT Statistics - CAIN | PDF (239.6 KB) |
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| SP QON 004 Answer - CSD - Disruptive behaviour Housing ACT - CAIN | PDF (215.3 KB) |
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| SP QON 003 Answer - CSD - Statistics (Homelessness) - CAIN | PDF (219.9 KB) |
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| SP QON 002 Answer - CSD - Dwellings (Growing and Renewing Public Housing Program) - CAIN | PDF (228.9 KB) |
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| SP QON 001 Answer - CSD - Costs and relocations (Growing and Renewing Public Housing) - CAIN | PDF (305.1 KB) |
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| SP QTON 088 Answer - CSD - Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations 2 - EMERSON | PDF (200.4 KB) |
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| SP QTON 087 Answer - CSD - Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations - EMERSON | PDF (204.3 KB) |
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| SP QTON 086 Answer - CSD - Establishment and Expansion Fun consultation - EMERSON | PDF (194.4 KB) |
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| SP QTON 085 Answer - CSD - Engagement with ATSI CYP Commissioner - EMERSON | PDF (206.2 KB) |
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| SP QTON 084 Answer - CSD - Case management - BARRY | PDF (217.1 KB) |
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| SP QTON 083 Answer - CSD - Housing maintenance - NUTTALL | PDF (202.4 KB) |
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| SP QTON 082 Answer - CSD - Housing modifications 3 - NUTTALL | PDF (200.2 KB) |
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| SP QTON 081 Answer - Housing modifications 2 (Social Housing Maintenance Relocations) - NUTTALL | PDF (200.9 KB) |
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| SP QTON 080 Answer - CSD - Housing modifications - NUTTALL | PDF (188.6 KB) |
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| SP QTON 079 Answer - CSD - Housing assistance fraud allegations 2 - NUTTALL | PDF (200.9 KB) |
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| SP QTON 078 Answer - CSD - Housing assistance fraud allegations - BARRY | PDF (205.7 KB) |
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| SP QTON 077 Answer - CSD - Ainslie community garden 3 - EMERSON | PDF (205.4 KB) |
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| SP QTON 076 Answer - CSD - Ainslie community garden 2 - CAIN | PDF (198.7 KB) |
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| SP QTON 075 Answer - CSD - Ainslie community garden - CAIN | PDF (199.6 KB) |
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| SP QTON 074 Answer - ACTHD - Workload Reduction Taskforce - NUTTALL | PDF (173.5 KB) |
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| SP QTON 073 Answer - CHS - Culture survey results - CASTLEY | PDF (173.9 KB) |
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| SP QTON 073 Answer - Attachment A - 2024 Workplace Culture survey Results | PDF (172.4 KB) |
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| SP QTON 072 Answer - ACTHD - Burrangiri 2 (Breakdown of upgrades required) - CARRICK | PDF (196.5 KB) |
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| SP QTON 071 Answer - Attachment A - Asset Management Plan - Burrangiri | PDF (945.1 KB) |
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| SP QTON 071 Answer - ACTHD - Burrangiri (2023 Asset Management Plan) - CARRICK | PDF (177.5 KB) |
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| SP QTON 070 Answer - CHS - Primary Health Care Providers - EMERSON | PDF (172.2 KB) |
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| SP QTON 069 Answer - ACTHD - DHR breakdown of ICT costs - CLAY | PDF (276.1 KB) |
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| SP QTON 068 Answer - ACTHD - Health funding (days of spending) - CASTLEY | PDF (200.4 KB) |
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| SP QTON 067 Answer - ACTHD - Portfolio cash reserves - CASTLEY | PDF (202.7 KB) |
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| SP QTON 066 Answer - ACTHD - Emergency department presentation categories - CLAY | PDF (190.6 KB) |
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| SP QTON 065 Answer - CHS - ACAT Team vacancies - EMERSON | PDF (170.9 KB) |
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| SP QTON 064 Answer - UC - Land Use - HANSON | PDF (191.9 KB) |
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| SP QTON 063 Answer - UC - Ethical Investment Guidelines 2 - NUTTALL | PDF (216.7 KB) |
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| SP QTON 062 Answer - UC - Ethical Investment Guidelines - NUTTALL | PDF (183.6 KB) |
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| SP QTON 061 Answer - UC - International student numbers - BARRY | PDF (205.3 KB) |
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| SP QTON 060 Answer - UC - Student enrolment figures - EMERSON | PDF (235.3 KB) |
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| SP QTON 059 Answer - UC - Student accommodation - NUTTALL | PDF (188.4 KB) |
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| SP QTON 058 Answer - CMTEDD - Capital of Equality Strategy - EMERSON | PDF (170.8 KB) |
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| SP QTON 057 Answer - CMTEDD - Capital of Equality Grants 3 - NUTTALL | PDF (188.7 KB) |
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| SP QTON 056 Answer - CMTEDD - Capital of Equality Grants 2 - NUTTALL | PDF (155.9 KB) |
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| SP QTON 055 Answer - CMTEDD - Capital of Equality Grants - BARRY | PDF (187.0 KB) |
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| SP QTON 054 Answer - ATSI CYP Commissioner - Implementation of the increase to the minimum age of criminal responsibility - EMERSON | PDF (212.9 KB) |
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| SP QTON 053 Answer - ATSI CYP Commissioner - Residential care facilities - EMERSON | PDF (175.3 KB) |
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| SP QTON 052 Answer - ATSI CYP Commissioner - Narrabundah House - EMERSON | PDF (163.6 KB) |
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| SP QTON 050 Answer - ATSI CYP Commissioner - Court Interventions - BARRY | PDF (182.2 KB) |
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| SP QTON 049 Answer - CSD - Age Friendly City Plan - EMERSON | PDF (222.5 KB) |
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| SP QTON 048 Answer - CSD - Supported Housing for Seniors - CASTLEY | PDF (280.4 KB) |
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| SP QTON 047 Answer - CSD - Out-of-home care staffing - EMERSON | PDF (183.7 KB) |
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| SP QTON 046 Answer - CSD - Complaint response timeframes - BARRY | PDF (193.5 KB) |
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| SP QTON 045 Answer - CSD - Youth Assembly recommendations - EMERSON | PDF (187.2 KB) |
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| SP QTON 044 Answer - EDU - Climate Adaptation Plans - RATTENBURY | PDF (236.2 KB) |
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| SP QTON 043 Answer - EDU - Reporting of harrassment in schools - EMERSON | PDF (188.4 KB) |
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| SP QTON 042 Answer - EDU - Majura Primary School - RATTENBURY | PDF (233.8 KB) |
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| SP QTON 041 Answer - EDU - Maximum class sizes - HANSON | PDF (191.3 KB) |
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| SP QTON 040 Answer - EDU - Maintenance requests at public schools - BARRY | PDF (207.0 KB) |
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| SP QTON 039 Answer - CSD - National Multicultural Festival Volunteer Event - HANSON | PDF (183.6 KB) |
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| SP QTON 038 Answer - CSD - Assessments of overseas qualifications - NUTTALL | PDF (179.4 KB) |
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| SP QTON 037 Answer - Official Visitors - Transitions from detention - BARRY | PDF (185.1 KB) |
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| SP QTON 036 Answer - CSD - Tenant Relocation List - BARRY | PDF (180.9 KB) |
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| SP QTON 035 Answer - CSD - Percentage of vacant properties and vacancy rates - BARRY | PDF (196.0 KB) |
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| SP QTON 034 Answer - CSD - Percentage of public properties by district (Distribution of public housing 2) - EMERSON | PDF (200.5 KB) |
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| SP QTON 033 Answer - CSD - Rough Sleeper data - CAIN | PDF (185.8 KB) |
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| SP QTON 032 Answer - CSD - Distribution of public housing - CARRICK | PDF (196.3 KB) |
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| SP QTON 031 Answer - CSD - Southside Men's Crisis Accommodation - CARRICK | PDF (180.8 KB) |
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| SP QTON 030 Answer - CSD - Safer Families Grant Funding 2 - EMERSON | PDF (182.2 KB) |
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| SP QTON 029 Answer - CSD - Safer Families Grant Funding - MORRIS | PDF (186.0 KB) |
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| SP QTON 028 Answer - CSD - Community consultation with Yarralumla community - CLAY | PDF (176.8 KB) |
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| SP QTON 027 Answer - CSD - ACAT Matter - CAIN | PDF (183.1 KB) |
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| SP QTON 026 Answer - CSD - Development application changes - HANSON | PDF (187.6 KB) |
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| SP QTON 025 Answer - CSD - Territory Priority Project Applications - CLAY | PDF (169.2 KB) |
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| SP QTON 024 Answer - CSD - Dwelling types - HANSON | PDF (184.0 KB) |
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| SP QTON 023 Answer - CMTEDD - Housing Australia Future Fund - EMERSON | PDF (183.9 KB) |
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| SP QTON 022 Answer - CSD - Complaints system - CLAY | PDF (180.6 KB) |
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| SP QTON 021 Answer - CSD - Discrepancies in complaints data - CLAY | PDF (181.4 KB) |
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| SP QTON 020 Answer - CSD - Housing Manager Staffing - CAIN | PDF (182.0 KB) |
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| SP QTON 019 Answer - CSD - Onelink callbacks - BARRY | PDF (160.2 KB) |
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| SP QTON 018 Answer - ACTHD - Mental Health Consumer Network Grant 2 - CASTLEY | PDF (222.4 KB) |
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| SP QTON 017 Answer - ACTHD - Mental Health Consumer Network grant - BARRY | PDF (241.1 KB) |
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| SP QTON 016 Answer - ACTHD - Towards Our Vision Strategy - CARRICK | PDF (251.3 KB) |
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| SP QTON 015 Answer - ACTHD - Lived Experience team - CASTLEY | PDF (213.2 KB) |
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| SP QTON 014 Answer - ACTHD - National funding body referrals - NUTTALL | PDF (183.7 KB) |
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| SP QTON 013 Answer - CHS - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit Modifications - CASTLEY | PDF (162.0 KB) |
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| SP QTON 012 Answer - ACTHD - Emergency Department presentations 2 - CASTLEY | PDF (227.7 KB) |
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| SP QTON 011 Answer - ACTHD - Location of Mental Health Services - NUTTALL | PDF (253.7 KB) |
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| SP QTON 010 Answer - ACTHD - Safe Haven - NUTTALL | PDF (176.4 KB) |
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| SP QTON 009 Answer - ACTHD - Emergency Department presentations - CASTLEY | PDF (119.1 KB) |
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| SP QTON 008 Answer - ACTHD - Child admissions to Adult Mental Health Unit - EMERSON | PDF (177.0 KB) |
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| SP QTON 007 Answer - ACTHD - Children transferred to the Adult Mental Health Unit - CASTLEY | PDF (158.0 KB) |
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| SP QTON 006 Answer - ACTHD - Adult Mental Health Unit - BARRY | PDF (190.7 KB) |
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| SP QTON 005 Answer - CSD - Senior Practitioner - elimination of restricted practices - HANSON | PDF (283.5 KB) |
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| SP QTON 004 Answer - CSD - Womens's Return to Work Program Grants - BARRY | PDF (393.6 KB) |
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| SP QTON 003 Answer - CSD - Funding for frontline Domestic and Family Violence services - MORRIS | PDF (372.9 KB) |
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| SP QTON 002 Answer - CSD - Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Office staffing profile - MORRIS | PDF (212.2 KB) |
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| SP QTON 001 Answer - CSD - Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Office funding - MORRIS | PDF (413.1 KB) |
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| Report 1 - SP - Inquiry into Annual and Financial Reports 2023-24 | PDF (1.3 MB) |
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| Government Response – SP Report 01 – Inquiry into the Annual and Financial Reports 2023-2024 | PDF (384.7 KB) |
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| Media release - SP - Report tabled - Inquiry into Annual and Financial Reports 2023-24 | PDF (305.7 KB) |
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| Exhibit 1 – correspondence from CHS to Health Minister’s Office | PDF (6.1 MB) |
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| Correspondence with Minister for Mental Health regarding QONs 29 and 30 | PDF (791.1 KB) |
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| Correspondence with Minister for Disability, Carers and Community Services regarding QON 22 | PDF (611.7 KB) |