Mental Health and Suicide Prevention

3027. Hon Alison Xamon to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Mental Health:

I refer to the Minister’s media statement of 17 June 2020 about the Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drug Council, and I ask:

(a)  when does the Minister anticipate the Council membership will be finalised;

(b)  how many members will be on the Council;

(c)  how will the members be selected;

3026. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:

I refer to the Inspector of Custodial Services 2019 Inspection of Casuarina Prison report and to the Department of Justice’s statement in the report that ‘Access to Indigenous specific support in prisons is also facilitated through aboriginal healthcare workers and aboriginal mental healthcare workers’, and I ask:

(a)  how many aboriginal healthcare worker FTE are employed by the Department;