Uniting Communities is a member of the South Australian Leadership Coalition for Child Protection Reform and has chosen to invest our efforts in providing a formal response to the Bill through a joint Coalition response.

The points identified in this brief response are wholly consistent with the position established by the Coalition but serve to provide further emphasis for the need for further changes required to make South Australian Children & Young Peoples Safety and Support Bill the progressive legislation needed for our State.

Whilst we acknowledge some important positive measures contained in the current Bill it unfortunately fails to meet this test. However, if the amendments proposed in this submission are adopted, we believe the Bill will deliver the transformative legislative change required to underpin the reform needed for South Australia.