Child protection

This inquiry was established on 12 May 2016 to inquire into and report on child protection.

This inquiry is specifically focusing on the procedures, practices and systems that operate in the area of child protection in New South Wales. It will not be investigating or reviewing any individual cases. If you are involved in a child protection matter, this inquiry cannot influence the outcome of your case.

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Date	Milestone
12 May 2016	Referred
03 Jul 2016	Submissions closed
16 Aug 2016	Hearing - Macquarie Room, NSW Parliament, Macquarie St, Sydney
26 Sep 2016	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
26 Sep 2016	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
27 Sep 2016	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
16 Mar 2017	Final Report
16 Mar 2017	Final Report
16 Mar 2017	Final Report
18 Sep 2017	Government Response to Final Report

No. 1 Confidential
No. 2 Confidential
No. 2a Confidential
No. 2b Confidential
No. 2c Confidential
No. 2d Confidential
No. 3 Confidential
No. 3a Confidential
No. 4 Name suppressed
No. 5 Name suppressed
No. 6 Confidential
No. 6a Confidential
No. 7 Confidential
No. 8 Ms Toni Grange
No. 9 Name suppressed
No. 10 Confidential
No. 10a Confidential
No. 11 Confidential
No. 12 Name suppressed
No. 12a Name suppressed
No. 12b Name suppressed
No. 12c Name suppressed
No. 12d Confidential
No. 12e Confidential
No. 13 Ms Robin Turner
No. 14 Name suppressed
No. 15 CREATE Foundation
No. 16 Confidential
No. 17 Name suppressed
No. 18 Confidential
No. 19 Name suppressed
No. 20 Name suppressed
No. 21 Confidential
No. 21a Confidential
No. 21b Confidential
No. 22 Confidential
No. 23 Confidential
No. 24 Name suppressed
No. 25 Confidential
No. 26 Confidential
No. 26a Confidential
No. 26b Confidential
No. 27 Name suppressed
No. 28 Mr Ben Hills
No. 29 Name suppressed
No. 30 Confidential
No. 31 Australian Adoptee Rights Action Group
No. 32 Mrs Stephanie Croft
No. 33 Name suppressed
No. 34 Confidential
No. 35 Name suppressed
No. 36 Confidential
No. 37 Ms Kelly Samways
No. 38 Confidential
No. 39 Name suppressed
No. 40 No To Violence incorporating the Men's Referral Service
No. 41 Australian Law Reform Commission
No. 42 National Child Protection Alliance
No. 43 Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service NSW Inc.
No. 44 Aliance For Family Preservation and Restoration
No. 45 Settlement Services International
No. 46 Confidential
No. 47 METRO ASSIST INC.
No. 48 CatholicCare Sydney
No. 49 Name suppressed
No. 50 Confidential
No. 51 Cara House
No. 52 Confidential
No. 53 Confidential
No. 54 Confidential
No. 55 Confidential
No. 56 Dr Helen Hayward-Brown
No. 57 Barnardos Australia
No. 58 Anglicare Sydney
No. 59 Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care State Secretariat (AbSec)
No. 60 Guardian Youth Care
No. 61 Confidential
No. 62 Wollongong West Street Centre
No. 63 Name suppressed
No. 64 FAMS - NSW Family Services Inc
No. 65 Name suppressed
No. 66 Public Service Association of NSW
No. 67 Catholic Education Commission NSW
No. 68 NSW Council of Social Service - NCOSS
No. 69 Legal Aid New South Wales
No. 70 Department of Family and Community Services
No. 71 Youth Action
No. 72 Domestic Violence NSW
No. 73 Women's Legal Service NSW
No. 74 NSW Ombudsman
No. 75 Office of the Children's Guardian
No. 76 Uniting
No. 77 Nepean Community and Neighbourhood Services
No. 78 Australian Services Union
No. 79 Aboriginal Justice Support Group
No. 80 Children's Court
No. 81 Professor Gwynnyth Llewellyn
No. 82 Winangay Resources Inc
No. 83 Fighters Against Child Abuse Australia
No. 84 The Deli Women & Children's Centre
No. 85 Office of the NSW Cross-Border Commissioner
No. 86 MacKillop Family Services
No. 87 Ms Tania Mihailuk MP
No. 88 Intellectual Disability Rights Service
No. 89 Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand
No. 90 Ms Trish Doyle MP
No. 91 Southern Youth and Family Services
No. 92 The Benevolent Society
No. 93 Relationships Australia
No. 94 Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies
No. 95 Aunty Glendra Stubbs and Ms Elizabeth Rice
No. 96 The Law Society of New South Wales
No. 97 Yfoundations
No. 98 Name suppressed
No. 99 Confidential
No. 99a Confidential
No. 100 Jannawi Family Centre
No. 101 Confidential
No. 102 Family Inclusion Strategies in the Hunter
No. 103 Mr George Potkonyak
No. 104 CASAC Inc NSW
No. 105 National Ethnic Disability Alliance
No. 106 Mr Gavin Breen
No. 107 Name suppressed
No. 108 Mrs Eleanor Hansen
No. 109 Name suppressed
No. 110 Confidential
No. 111 Dr Margaret Spencer
No. 112 Mr Aldo Bayona
No. 113 Confidential
No. 114 Name suppressed
No. 115 Charis Law
No. 116 Name suppressed
No. 117 Name suppressed
No. 118 East Maitland Pine Tree "GAPS" Support Group
No. 119 Confidential
No. 120 Name suppressed
No. 121 Dr Gary K Banks
No. 122 Name suppressed
No. 123 Confidential
No. 124 Confidential
No. 125 Ms Karleen Gribble
No. 126 Confidential
No. 127 Confidential
No. 128 Office of the Advocate for Children and Young People
No. 129 Confidential
No. 130 Confidential
No. 131 Care Leavers of Australasia Network
No. 132 Confidential
No. 133 Name suppressed
No. 134 Name suppressed
No. 135 Confidential
No. 136 Name suppressed
No. 137 The Shed, Western Sydney University
No. 138 Origins NSW
No. 139 Confidential

Date	Venue Details
16/08/2016	Macquarie Room, NSW Parliament, Macquarie St, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
26/09/2016	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney		Transcript
26/09/2016	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
27/09/2016	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
Government response - Report No 46 - General Purpose Standing Committee No 2 - Child protection	18/09/2017
Erratum - Report No 46 - General Purpose Standing Committee No 2 - Child protection	16/03/2017	18/09/2017
Report No 46 - General Purpose Standing Committee No 2 - Child protection	16/03/2017
Summary of recommendations - Child protection	16/03/2017

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2018-08-31	31/08/2018	Other	NSW Government - Progress Report - Child Protection - August 2018
2016-11-11	11/11/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - fams
2016-11-04	04/11/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Association of Children's Welfare Agencies
2016-11-04	04/11/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Ombudsman NSW
2016-11-04	04/11/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Ombudsman NSW - Attachment 1
2016-11-04	04/11/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Ombudsman NSW - Attachment 2
2016-11-03	03/11/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Public Service Association of NSW
2016-11-03	03/11/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Public Service Association of NSW
2016-10-31	31/10/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Children's Court of NSW
2016-10-31	31/10/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Children's Court of NSW
2016-10-27	27/10/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Department of Family and Community Services
2016-10-27	27/10/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Department of Family and Community Services
2016-10-27	27/10/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Domestic Violence NSW
2016-10-27	27/10/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Australian Services Union
2016-10-26	26/10/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	The Benevolent Society
2016-10-26	26/10/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Catholic Education Commission
2016-10-24	24/10/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Alliance for Family Preservation and Restoration
2016-10-24	24/10/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Alliance for Family Preservation and Restoration - Attachment 1
2016-10-21	21/10/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Youth Action
2016-10-04	04/10/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	CatholicCare
2016-10-04	04/10/2016	Correspondence	Niki Norris - National Child Protection Alliance - clarification of evidence
2016-10-04	04/10/2016	Correspondence	Fiona Hastings - clarification of evidence
2016-09-27	27/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Legal Aid
2016-09-27	27/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Legal Aid
2016-09-26	26/09/2016	Other	Proforma A
2016-09-22	22/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care State Secretariat
2016-09-16	16/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service NSW
2016-09-14	14/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Women's Legal Services
2016-09-13	13/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Office of the Children's Guardian
2016-09-13	13/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Office of the Children's Guardian
2016-09-13	13/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	CREATE Foundation
2016-09-13	13/09/2016	Correspondence	Kerryn Boland - NSW Children's Guardian - clarification of evidence
2016-09-12	12/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Barnardos Australia
2016-09-12	12/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Barnardos Australia
2016-09-12	12/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Grandmothers Against Removals NSW
2016-09-12	12/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Anglicare
2016-09-08	08/09/2016	Other	Indigenous consultation - summary report
		Other	Media release - child protection - inquiry established

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