Proposed amendment
Hon Alfred Ngaro, in Committee, to move the following amendment:
Clause 29A
After clause 29, insert:
29A Child poverty-related indicators
(1)
The Minister must identify, and regularly report outcomes with regard to, a selected number of child poverty-related indicators.
(2)
The child poverty-related indicators referred to in subsection (1) include 1 or more outcomes in any of the following areas:
(a)
household material conditions, including housing conditions and parental employment:
(b)
education and child development:
(c)
health, including mental health and disability:
(d)
dependency on the State, including welfare-related measures:
(e)
community safety, including reductions in crime rates and physical and sexual abuse:
(f)
any other indicators as may be appropriate.
(3)
The Minister must set 1 or more targets for each of the indicators identified in subsection (2), and each target may apply for any time period of up to 10 years.