Estimates Reply – Minister Courtney
12 minutes at a minimum of the time devoted to the scrutiny of the Children and Youth portfolio went to Liberal backbencher questions.
12 minutes at a minimum of the time devoted to the scrutiny of the Children and Youth portfolio went to Liberal backbencher questions.
In three years' time, Ashley will finally close its doors as a place of abuse and sadness for young people.
Given the history of the systematic brutalisation of children at Ashley we think more detail is needed.
On behalf of the Greens and the children of lutruwita/Tasmania, I thank Peter Gutwein for making the long-needed decision to close Ashley Youth Detention Centre
There has been a sharp spike in the number of Aboriginal children ending up in the Ashley Youth Detention Centre.
It is notorious for violence, disfunction and for younger children in that unit not being safe.
Was the complaint was sitting either on his desk or another desk in the department for up to four months before the investigation commenced?
I want to raise that in Tasmania sometimes people can be targeted because they challenge government or because they challenge the established order.
What Mr Jaensch did this morning in question time was avoid answering the question and pretend he did not know which specific allegations we were raising.