SUPPORTING
COMMUNITIES FORUM
445. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the parliamentary secretary representing the
Minister for Community Services:
I refer to the Supporting Communities Forum.
Will the minister list —
(a) the current membership of the
forum; and
(b) the number
of meetings, including the date of each meeting, that the forum has held since
1 January 2020?
Hon SAMANTHA ROWE replied:
I thank the member for some notice of the question and
provide the following answer on behalf of the Minister for Community Services.
(a) As of 31 May 2021, the community sector and
government co-chairpersons are: Ms Michelle Scott, director, McCusker
Centre for Citizenship; and Jodi Cant, acting director general, Department of
Planning, Lands and Heritage. The deputy chairperson is Kate George,
consultant.
The
community sector members are Louise Giolitto, CEO, WA Council of Social
Services; Dan Minchin, CEO, Chorus; Tricia Murray, CEO, Wanslea Family
Services and Early Learning and Development;
Maria Osman, Ministerial Multicultural Advisory Council member; Julie Waylen,
state manager, National Disability Services
WA; Ross Wortham, CEO, Youth Affairs Council WA; Debra Zanella, CEO,
Ruah Community Services; Felicite Black, CEO, Womens Health and Family
Services; Kate Chaney, director, innovation and strategy, Anglicare WA; Justine
Colyer, CEO, Rise Network; Emma Jarvis, CEO, Palmerston; Melissa Perry, CEO,
Communicare; Denver D'Cruz, general
manager, Inclusion Solutions; and Kelda Oppermann, CEO, Zonta House
Refuge Association.
The
government sector members are: Mike Rowe, director general, Department of
Communities; Lisa Rodgers, Director
General, Department of Education; David Russell-Weisz, director general,
Department of Health; Adam Tomison, director general, Department of Justice;
Lanie Chopping, acting director general,
Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries; Emily Roper,
acting director general, Department of the Premier and Cabinet; Susan Hunt,
CEO, Lotterywest; Jennifer McGrath, commissioner, Mental Health Commission; and
Sharyn O'Neill, commissioner, Public Sector Commission.
(b) There have been 10 meetings: 24 February 2020, 17
June 2020, 24 August 2020, 5 October 2020, 12 October 2020, 13 October
2020, 19 October 2020, 23 November 2020, 28 January 2021 and 24 May 2021.