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Final Report May 2012 Final Report May 2012 Presented and ordered to be printed by the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory May 2012 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY COUNCIL OF TERRITORY CO-OPERATION FINAL REPORT May 2012 Presented and ordered to be printed by the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory May 2012 ii Final Report CONTENTS CHAIR’S FOREWORD......................................................................................................... iv CTC MEMBERS.................................................................................................................... v CTC SECRETARIAT ............................................................................................................. v ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................ vi 1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 1 Functions of the CTC.............................................................................................. 1 Self-references.............................................................................................................. 2 Additional references .................................................................................................... 2 Members ................................................................................................................ 2 Public Hearings ...................................................................................................... 2 Reporting ............................................................................................................... 3 Structure of the Report ........................................................................................... 4 2. CHILD PROTECTION REFORM ................................................................................... 5 Issues raised .......................................................................................................... 6 Monitoring and reporting ............................................................................................... 7 Backlog ......................................................................................................................... 8 Involvement of NGOs .................................................................................................. 10 Aboriginal child placement principle ............................................................................. 12 Growth towns and outstations/homelands ................................................................... 13 Staff recruitment, retention and support, housing ......................................................... 16 Parenting and preventative measures ......................................................................... 20 Residential care services ............................................................................................ 21 Carers ......................................................................................................................... 22 Legislative changes..................................................................................................... 24 Complaints handling process ...................................................................................... 24 Findings................................................................................................................ 25 Staffing ....................................................................................................................... 25 Housing ...................................................................................................................... 26 Monitoring and Reporting ............................................................................................ 26 Parenting programs..................................................................................................... 27 3. SIHIP .......................................................................................................................... 28 Issues raised ......................................................................................................... 29 Refurbishments ........................................................................................................... 30 New houses ................................................................................................................ 33 SIHIP infrastructure ..................................................................................................... 36 Land tenure................................................................................................................. 37 Indigenous employment and training ........................................................................... 39 Remote housing reform ............................................................................................... 41 Monitoring and reporting ............................................................................................. 43 Alliance model ............................................................................................................ 44 Addressing housing need backlog ............................................................................... 45 Findings................................................................................................................ 47 Refurbishments ........................................................................................................... 47 SIHIP infrastructure ..................................................................................................... 47 Employment and training ............................................................................................. 47 Reporting .................................................................................................................... 48 Addressing housing need ............................................................................................ 48 iii Final Report 4. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ............................................................................................. 49 Issues raised ......................................................................................................... 49 Reform implementation ............................................................................................... 50 Funding ...................................................................................................................... 52 Services ...................................................................................................................... 57 Employment ................................................................................................................ 59 Coordination ............................................................................................................... 62 Findings................................................................................................................ 63 Reform implementation ............................................................................................... 63 Funding and services .................................................................................................. 64 Employment ................................................................................................................ 65 5. WORKING FUTURE ................................................................................................... 66 Issues raised ......................................................................................................... 67 Territory growth towns ................................................................................................. 67 Outstations/homelands................................................................................................ 72 Remote Service Delivery ............................................................................................. 76 Employment and Economic Delivery ........................................................................... 78 Findings................................................................................................................ 79 Territory growth towns ................................................................................................. 80 Outstations/homelands................................................................................................ 80 Employment and economic delivery ............................................................................ 81 6. OTHER REFERENCES .............................................................................................. 82 Animal Welfare Governance .................................................................................. 82 Power supply ........................................................................................................ 83 Domestic violence statistics .................................................................................. 84 7. GOVERNMENT RESPONSES .................................................................................... 85 Recommendations and responses ......................................................................... 85 SIHIP..................................................................................................................... 86 APPENDIX A – Terms of Reference .................................................................................
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