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Question Without Notice No. 422 asked in the Legislative Council on 12 May 2022 by Hon Nick Goiran

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

COMMUNITIES — REPORT — DR TRACY WESTERMAN

422. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Child Protection:

I refer to The West Australian article of 18 January 2022 titled ''Department of Communities plagued by 'wide scale and endemic racism' internal reports reveal'', which cites a report written by psychologist and former Western Australian of the Year Dr Tracy Westerman.

(1) When was the report commissioned?

(2) When was the report completed?

(3) When was the report provided to the minister?

(4) What is the name of the report?

(5) How many recommendations did the report contain?

(6) Will the minister table the report?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I note this was lodged on 15 February, so the answer is current from that date.

(1) The contract commenced on 30 August 2017.

(2) The report was completed on 25 October 2019.

(3) The report was provided to the minister on 25 May 2020.

(4) The report is titled Cultural competency audit of child protection staff and foster care and adoption manual.

(5) The report contains 49 recommendations.

(6) The Department of Communities has published the report in its entirety.

Hon Nick Goiran: I asked for it to be tabled.

Hon SUE ELLERY: It has been published.

Hon Nick Goiran: That's the equivalent as saying that it's on a website.

Hon SUE ELLERY: It is not the equivalent because I did not say those words.

The PRESIDENT: Order!

Hon Nick Goiran interjected.

The PRESIDENT: Order! Members are not entitled to supplementary questions.

Hon Nick Goiran interjected.

The PRESIDENT: Order! We do not have supplementary questions in this chamber.