Question follow-through · 33178

Attorney General's Office: Kinship Care

To ask the Solicitor General, whether her Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

answeredAttorney General

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Answering body
Attorney General
Tabled
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
26 Feb 2025
Answer
28 Feb 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Solicitor General, whether her Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

  2. 26 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The Attorney General’s Office offers carers emergency leave for dependants with pay in accordance with the department’s special leave policy. Employees can take time off work to deal with an emergency involving a dependant or are able to request other lea...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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