Page 4048 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 30 November 2022
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Ms Lawder: Point of order, Madam Speaker.
MADAM SPEAKER: Resume your seat, Ms Davidson.
Ms Lawder: Standing order 118 says that the answer to a question “shall be concise and directly relevant to the subject matter of the question”. The question was not about decisions to transfer people. The question was whether anyone had raised concerns with the minister about people being transferred, not the process of transferring them. I ask you to direct her to be relevant to the question.
MADAM SPEAKER: I took the point of order very early in the answer. Minister, you have nearly a minute left; to that area of the question, please.
MS DAVIDSON: Thank you. As I was saying, when a decision is made about transferring someone to Dhulwa, that needs to take into account a range of complex clinical care needs relevant to the model of care for where they are being transferred to. We do sometimes have contact from people who are—
Ms Lawder: Point of order, Madam Speaker.
MADAM SPEAKER: Point of order.
Ms Lawder: The minister is still not answering the question.
MADAM SPEAKER: Thank you. I think you were getting there, Minister, so please do.
MS DAVIDSON: We do sometimes have contact from people who are concerned about whether a family member has been admitted as an inpatient—(Time expired.)
MR COCKS: Minister, why is the government using a secure mental health facility intended for convicted offenders for people who have not been charged or convicted of an offence but have serious mental health issues?
MS DAVIDSON: Thank you for the question, Mr Cocks. If you would like a briefing on the model of care for the Dhulwa facility, we can provide that. That will probably help you to better understand the types of clinical care that it provides to people and the fact that not everyone who is admitted to Dhulwa is going to come in through the same pathway or necessarily have the same contact with the justice system prior to receiving care in that facility.
MR BRADDOCK: Minister, perhaps you would care to explain to the Assembly what is the role of Dhulwa?
Ms Lee: Madam Speaker, a point of order. Is that relevant? I seek your advice about whether that is a relevant question.
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