SEXUAL ASSAULT LAWS —
RECOMMENDATIONS — COMMISSIONER FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME
300. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Attorney General:
I refer to the role of the
Commissioner for Victims of Crime.
(1) Is the
commissioner working with the Director of Public Prosecutions on
recommendations to the Attorney General in relation to sexual assault laws in Western
Australia?
(2) If yes to (1), is this as part
of a working group, reference group or similar?
(3) How many working, reference or
similar groups is the commissioner currently participating in?
(4) Further to
(3), what are those groups and will the Attorney General table the terms of
reference or a similar document setting out the purpose or objectives of each
of those groups?
Hon
MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied:
I
thank the member for some notice of the question. I provide the following
response on behalf of the Attorney General.
(1) Yes.
(2) The
Commissioner for Victims of Crime convened a working group, which includes the
Director of Public Prosecutions and relevant agencies.
(3) In addition to the above, six.
(4) These are:
the Stronger Together implementation group; Path to Safety steering group;
family violence working group, commonwealth;
National Redress Scheme Interjurisdictional Committee; Royal Commission into
Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse implementation subgroup; and the
national victims of crime working group.
These groups are not administered by agencies that sit within the Attorney
General's portfolio. The member is invited to seek the terms of
reference for each of these groups via the relevant agency.