Media Releases

The Liberal Government has rapidly turned around the number of children and young people in care with completed case plans in just 12 months.

A Liberal Government program which extended carer payments for young people up to the
age of 21 has already been accessed by 17 young people and more than 100 are set to
become eligible over the next three years.

A new, more engaging foster care recruitment website is attracting strong attention from potential carers, generating almost 80 online enquiries in its first month.

The Department for Child Protection has released its first Aboriginal Action Plan with the aim of helping reduce the over representation of Aboriginal young people and children coming into care.

The State Government has engaged InComPro to establish an Aboriginal-specific residential care service for young people that is both therapeutic and culturally responsive.

The ground-breaking Northern suburbs service, which is scheduled to open later this month, will house four Aboriginal young people across two homes.

InComPro is now one of two Aboriginal community-controlled organisations that specialise in providing residential care for Aboriginal young people.

The Liberal Government is encouraging schools and families to join more than 350,000 students across the nation who will ride, walk, scoot and skate to and from school on National Ride2School Day today.

Today on World Social Work Day the Liberal Government extends its sincere thanks to social workers across South Australia for their ongoing hard work and dedication.

World Social Work Day is a day to celebrate the achievements of social workers, as well as raise awareness of their contribution to the community.

The State Government will consolidate services and staff from several departments to establish a new system of intensive support services, designed to disrupt patterns of child abuse and neglect.

The Marshall Liberal Government and the City of Adelaide have partnered to deliver new and upgraded pedestrian crossings at the West Terrace / Currie Street / Glover Avenue intersection to improve safety and access to Adelaide High School and the new City Skate Park.

The Marshall Liberal Government and Adelaide City Council have partnered to deliver a new City Skate Park, which will be integrated into the Gladys Elphick Park/Narnungga (Park 25).

The State Government will provide the $3 million funding required for the City Skate Park, due to be completed in the first half of 2020.