Part Submissions received - Privacy Act 1988 - Part VI - Public Interest Determination No. 13 - Disclosure and collection of personal information to improve outcomes for children and young people at risk of serious harm - Submissions received

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Submissions received

The following individuals and entities made written submissions regarding UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide’s application and the proposed PIDs:

Anglicare SA
Department for Communities and Social Inclusion (South Australia)
Lifeline South East SA
Megan Mitchell, NSW Commissioner for Children and Young People on behalf of Australian Children’s Commissioners and Guardians:

    Aileen Ashford, Commissioner for Children (Tasmania)
    Howard Bath, Children’s Commissioner (Northern Territory)
    Kerryn Boland, Children’s Guardian (NSW)
    Elizabeth Fraser, Commissioner for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (Queensland)
    Bernie Geary, Child Safety Commissioner (Victoria)
    Alasdair Roy, Children and Young People Commissioner (ACT)
    Michelle Scott, Commissioner for Children and Young People (Western Australia)
    Pam Simmons, Guardian for Children and Young People (South Australia)
SA Health
Pam Simmons, Guardian for Children and Young People (South Australia)
South Australian Association of Major Community Organisations on behalf of:

    Centacare Catholic Family Services
    Southern Junction Community Services
    Mission Australia SA
    UnitingCare Wesley Port Adelaide
    Australian Salvation Army SA
    Baptist Care SA
South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS)
Southern Junction Community Services Inc.

All nine submissions were highly supportive of UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide’s application and the proposed PID. Additionally, all nine submissions supported the generalising of the determination and stressed the importance of it applying to similar organisations.