Page 2857 - Week 09 - Thursday, 26 August 1993

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ATTORNEY GENERAL

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 896

Housing Trust Properties - Deaths and Suicides

MR CORNWELL: Asked the Attorney General - How many

(a) deaths and

(b) suicides have been recorded in

(i) 1991-92 and

(ii) 1992-93 at

(A) Burnie Court

(B) Bega Flats

MR CONNOLLY: The answer to the Members question is as follows -

The only figures available in relation to this matter are those of the Australian Federal Police (ACT Region). These figures, however, exclude any deaths that were not reported to the police. The figures also exclude any deaths that occurred after the person concerned was transported to hospital. The format of ACT Department of Health records would make the identification of such matters almost impossible without an excessive amount of work.

According to Australian Federal Police ACT Region records:

(A) There were no suicides at Burnie Court during 1991-92 and 1992-93. However, there were five deaths at the complex during 1991-92 and two deaths during 1992-93.

(B) There were no suicides or deaths at Bega Flats during either of the financial years mentioned.

mentioned, and only one death in 1992-93.

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