Page 565 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 9 March 2011
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to make recommendations about how we stop future deaths in our community. Within this context we will not be supporting this amendment.
Amendments negatived.
MS HUNTER (Ginninderra—Parliamentary Convenor, ACT Greens) (11.01): I move amendment No 5 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 688].
As I have previously explained, the ACT Greens believe it is critical that children and young people who are subject to a report, and that the Chief Executive has decided under section 365 was a child protection report within the Children and Young People’s Act 2008, be included in the register and therefore subsequently within the annual report from the child and young people death review committee. This group will quite possibly require a different and very distinct response and it is appropriate that they are separately reported on.
MS BURCH (Brindabella—Minister for Disability, Housing and Community Services, Minister for Children and Young People, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Minister for Women) (11.02): As stated previously, the government do not support Ms Hunter’s amendment No 5. We have tabled our other amendments but the government will not be supporting the Greens’ No 5 amendment.
Amendment agreed to.
MS HUNTER (Ginninderra—Parliamentary Convenor, ACT Greens) (11.03): I move amendment No 6 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 689].
This amendment is about tightening the legislation to accord every child, young person and family who are registered the protection of anonymity within the annual report process. We understand the serious and sensitive nature of this topic. As much as I wish we did not have a need for this bill, I am also aware of the great responsibility we all have here in this Assembly to afford all efforts to protect our citizens.
The need to ensure the identity of a child or young person who has died not to be disclosed or worked out is paramount. As a result, this is consistently made reference to throughout the bill. Additional to these explicit limitations is the fact that those who will be appointed to the committee are professionals and will be well aware of their responsibility to protect individuals’ privacy.
Amendment agreed to.
MS BURCH (Brindabella—Minister for Disability, Housing and Community Services, Minister for Children and Young People, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Minister for Women) (11.04), by leave: I move amendments Nos 20 and 21 circulated in my name together [see schedule 1 at page 685].
Whilst the bill proposes at section 727O(3) that the report be prepared four months after the end of the financial year, I propose an amendment to substitute section 727O(3) of the bill consistent with the three-yearly reporting period. The government
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