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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 344 asked in the Legislative Council on 23 June 2021 by Hon Nick Goiran

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

SEXUAL ASSAULT LAWS — RECOMMENDATIONS — COMMISSIONER FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME

344. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the parliamentary secretary representing the Attorney General:

I refer to comments from a spokesperson for the Attorney General reported in The West Australian of 29 May 2021 stating that the Attorney General had received recommendations in relation to sexual assault laws.

(1) On what date did the Attorney General receive the recommendations?

(2) How many recommendations were received?

(3) Who made the recommendations?

(4) Will the Attorney General table the recommendations?

(5) If no to (4), why not?

Hon MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied:

I thank the member for some notice of the question.

(1)–(5) The article referred to did not reflect the response provided, which, according to my notes, was as follows —

''The Office of the Commissioner for Victims of Crime is continuing to progress a report to the Attorney General which reviews the effectiveness of laws against coercive control of an intimate partner. The Commissioner for Victims of Crime has been working with the Director of Public Prosecutions on putting forward recommendations to the Attorney General in relation to sexual assault laws in WA and how to improve the experience of victims in the criminal justice system.''