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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014 Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014): Sandra McLellan: ...Department of Children and Youth Affairs. There is a strong relationship between inequality levels and demand on services. It would be remiss of me not to raise this broader point at the outset. The mantra goes "We are where we are", but I must add that we are where we are for a reason. Broader economic conditions have, in real terms, affected the Department's budget just it has for...

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