15—Additional annual reporting obligations
(1) The Minister must,
not later than 30 September in each year, prepare a report—
(a)
detailing the role of the Minister, and the extent to which the Minister has
performed the Minister's functions, in respect of the operation of this Act
for the financial year ending on the preceding 30 June; and
(b)
setting out the following information relating to the provision of family
support services and intensive family support services to children and young
people who are at risk and their families:
(i)
the extent to which such services were provided by, or on
behalf of, the State (including statistical data relating to the number of
times such services were provided) during the financial year ending on the
preceding 30 June;
(ii)
the amount of resources allocated for the provision of
such services by or on behalf of the State—
(A) during the financial year ending on the
preceding 30 June; and
(B) during the current financial year;
(iii)
the extent to which the allocated resources were, in
fact, spent on the provision of such services during the financial year ending
on the preceding 30 June;
(iv)
bench-marking the resources referred to in
subparagraph (ii) and (iii) against those allocated and spent by other
States and Territories in the provision of such services during the financial
year ending on the preceding 30 June; and
(c)
providing any other information required by the regulations for the purposes
of this paragraph.
(2) The Minister must,
as soon as is reasonably practicable after preparing a report under this
section, cause a copy of the report to be published on a website determined by
the Minister.
(3) The Minister must,
within 6 sitting days after preparing a report under this section, cause a
copy of the report to be laid before each House of Parliament.
(4) The requirements
of this section are in addition to any other reporting obligation of the
Minister.