Estimates Reply – Minister Jaensch
A significant part of the Estimates with Mr Jaensch this year dealt with that terrible, unsafe place that is Ashley Youth Detention Centre.
A significant part of the Estimates with Mr Jaensch this year dealt with that terrible, unsafe place that is Ashley Youth Detention Centre.
It is a gutsy move to establish a commission of inquiry, particularly for a Government that has a streak of control-freakery about it.
It took three months after the initial complaint for James Griffin's Working with Vulnerable People registration to be revoked.
At that point, child exploitation material had been found at Mr Griffin's home, including what the Coroner described as 'self-generated images'.
The TLRI final report of September 2003 makes five recommendations for legislative amendment of the Commissions of Inquiry Act.
Only a commission of inquiry can properly uncover what has happened and the systemic abuse, as well as the links between different departments.
We are really only just beginning to scratch the surface of a much deeper wound as it relates to the treatment of children in some places in Tasmania.
The announcement of a Commission of Inquiry into the sexual abuse of children and young people in the care of the State is both welcome and overdue.
The Government's independent investigation has limited terms of reference and focuses on the systems within the Tasmanian Health Service only.
The Liberals must do right by the children who are, and have been, in government care.