Question - Child and youth protection services

1. In relation to the Productivity Commission Report on Government Services 2025 (ROGs 2025) and Table 16A.1 (Children aged 0–17 years in notifications, investigations and substantiations and on care and protection orders, by Indigenous status - Rate per 1,000 children aged 0–17 years) that shows the rate per 1,000 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children is 343.6, the highest of any Australian jurisdiction, and the rate for non-Indigenous children is 48, can the Minister advise why Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are so significantly over-represented in the child welfare system in the ACT.
2. Why are the results in the ACT the worst of all Australian jurisdictions.
3. In relation to Table 16A.31 of the ROGs 2025, under the measure AG3: Cost per child receiving intensive family support services, which shows the cost in the ACT is on average $14,782 per child which is the second highest average in Australia, and $6,357 more per child than the equivalent cost in NSW, can the Minister advise why the average cost of providing intensive family support services is so high in the ACT.

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