ABORTION — LIVE BIRTHS
118. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Attorney General:
I refer to question without notice
623 answered on 17 June last year in which the house was advised that the
Department of Justice had received recommendations from the Coroner's
Court in January 2020 for legislative amendment to the Health (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 1911 and that these recommendations were yet to be discussed
with the Minister for Health.
(1) Has the
Attorney General now discussed the matter with the Minister for Health?
(2) If yes to
(1), when did these discussions take place?
(3) How many
recommendations were received from the coroner?
(4) What were
those recommendations?
Hon
MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied:
I thank the member for some notice
of the question.
(1)–(4) The
Attorney General has not yet discussed the matter with the full cabinet. Given
the Coroner's Court recommendation to amend the Health (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 2011 was prepared for the ultimate deliberation of the cabinet,
the Attorney General is not in a position to expand on the recommendation. He
can, however, confirm that there was only one recommendation from the Coroner's
Court, and the Department of Justice and the Department of Health are working
together to progress the matter at a departmental level.