Wednesday, April 1, 2020
2829. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Mines and Petroleum:
I refer to the government response to Recommendation 8, of the ‘Impact of FIFO Work Practices on Mental Health’ report, and I ask:
(a) how many formal requests for information on non-work related deaths were made in:
(i) 2018–19;
(ii) 2019 to date; and
(b) how many of these deaths were suicide/suspected suicide?
Hon Alannah MacTiernan replied:
(a) (i) 2018–19, there were 19 requests; and
(ii) 2019–20 to date, there have been 10 requests.
(b) Of these requests there were five that appeared to relate to suicide or suspected suicide.
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