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national approach that identifies and promotes best practice models and measures to reduce medication related harm.
Monitoring the dispensing of controlled medicines is only one piece of the puzzle. We also need to focus our efforts on harm reduction in the community and the delivery of alcohol, drug and mental health services. The ACT government has a comprehensive plan to tackle the issues associated with drug and alcohol harm, and with an additional $10 million in the 2019-20 budget we are backing up our plan with funding to commence a number of new initiatives. In accordance with the ACT government’s obligations under the Coroners Act 1997, I am pleased to have been able to provide the government’s response to the Chief Coroner’s recommendations. The government will continue to work to reduce the risks and harms associated with unsafe use of medicines, and thanks the Chief Coroner for her recommendations. I commend the response to the Assembly.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Justice and Community Safety—Standing Committee
Report 6
MR GENTLEMAN (Brindabella—Minister for Advanced Technology and Space Industries, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Minister for Planning and Land Management and Minister for Police and Emergency Services) (4.04): Pursuant to standing order 211, I move:
That the Assembly take note of the following paper:
Justice and Community Safety—Standing Committee—Report 6—Report on inquiry into domestic and family violence—policy approaches and responses—Government response.
MS BERRY (Ginninderra—Deputy Chief Minister, Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development, Minister for Housing and Suburban Development, Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, Minister for Sport and Recreation and Minister for Women) (4.05): It is my pleasure today to speak to the ACT government’s response to the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety’s Report on inquiry into domestic and family violence—policy approaches and responses.
On 30 March 2017 the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety informed the Legislative Assembly that it had resolved to inquire into domestic and family violence as it relates to policy approaches and responses in the ACT. The standing committee invited public submissions for its inquiry in June 2017. The committee also released a discussion paper in July 2017 to assist individuals and organisations to prepare submissions to the inquiry. Following this, the ACT government and 33 other organisations and individuals provided submissions to the standing committee in September 2017.
On 22 August 2019 the standing committee tabled its final report in the Legislative Assembly. In this report, the standing committee made 60 recommendations to
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