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APPENDIX 2:
(Incorporated in Hansard on 13 October 1994 at page 3655)
CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE TAKEN ON NOTICE
12 OCTOBER 1994
MS FOLLETT On 12 October 1994 Mr Kaine asked Mr Lamont (in my absence) questions relating to the ACT Governments Implementation Report on the Recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
Mr Kaine referred to the length of time involved in preparing the 1992/93 Implementation Report and asked when the Chief Ministers Department requested Government agencies to provide material for the 1993/94 Implementation Report; whether agencies should prepare their contributions earlier than occurred in the 1992/93 year; assumed that the 1993/94 Report was overdue; and asked whether the 1993/94 Implementation Report would be produced before the recess leading up to the next election. Mr Kaine also asked whether I accord the reporting process a high priority.
MY ANSWER IS:
It was not until the October 1993 Ministerial meeting of the Australian Aboriginal Affairs Council that it was agreed that each jurisdiction should produce an annual Implementation Report relating to the implementation of the 339 recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. The adoption of a particular format for the annual Implementation Report was also agreed at that meeting.
The 1992/93 ACT Implementation Report was tabled in June this year. This was the first such Report prepared by the Territory and as its length and thoroughness suggests considerable time was required for its preparation. I understand that the majority of jurisdictions took a similar length of time or longer to produce their first Implementation Report and that some have yet to release their 1992/93 Implementation Report.
The 1992/93 Implementation Report outlines a number of significant achievements including:
• the establishment of the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Council;
• the implementation of a substantial number of legislative reforms in accordance with the recommendations of the Royal Commission; and
• bringing the majority of Australian Federal Police (ACT Region) instructions and procedures into line with the Royal Commissions recommendations.
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