Children and Youth

3050. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:

I refer to young people accommodated at Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre, and I ask:

(a)  how many young people are currently in Banksia Hill Detention Centre; and

(b)  of the young people in (a), how many are in Banksia Hill Detention Centre because there:

(i)  is no appropriate accommodation available for them to be released on bail;

830. Hon ALISON XAMON to the Minister for Education and Training:

I refer to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those community kindergartens that may not have met enrolment thresholds for 2021.

(1)  Will the minister provide those kindergartens that are close to meeting the one-class threshold and that have met this threshold in the past an exemption to allow them to operate next year?

(2)  If yes to (1), which kindergartens will be granted an exemption?