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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 329 asked in the Legislative Council on 22 June 2021 by Hon Neil Thomson

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

KIMBERLEY JUVENILE JUSTICE STRATEGY

329. Hon NEIL THOMSON to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:

I refer to answers to question without notice 108 asked by Hon Ken Baston, MLC, on 19 February 2020 regarding funding for the Kimberley juvenile justice strategy. The answer to part (3) stated that a series of Kimberley-wide recommendations would be delivered by December 2020.

(1) Which agency or organisations are responsible for developing these recommendations?

(2) Has this series of recommendations been delivered to the minister for consideration and implementation?

(3) If yes to (2), on what date, and are they publicly available?

(4) If no to (2), why not?

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:

I thank the member for the question. The Minister for Corrective Services has provided the following information.

(1) The Department of Justice is leading the interagency response to the Kimberley juvenile justice strategy in partnership with Aboriginal community controlled organisations in the Kimberley region.

(2) Yes.

(3) The recommendations were provided to the minister on 29 April 2021. The results of consultation undertaken by the Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Cultural Centre, including the resulting recommendations, are publicly available on the KALACC website.

(4) Not applicable.