Page 2072 - Week 07 - Thursday, 20 August 2020
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ambulance service and policing, as each has its own complementary but separate objectives and operational systems and requirements in serving the Canberra community. It is for this reason that the Chief Psychiatrist will consult with the Chief Officer Ambulance Service and the Chief Police Officer for the ACT when a guideline is being developed that relates to the function of those services, ensuring guidelines are a functional part of the mental health tool kit.
The bill contains a review provision to continue to hold a light up to the act. The act is a rare example of when a person can be detained against their will, despite having broken no law. As such, the act should be held to the highest level of scrutiny and reviewed as the system develops into the future. There is more work to be done following the review of the act, as I indicated in my introductory remarks to this bill, and this work is already underway. I thank consumers, carers, clinicians and peak bodies who continue to engage in this work as we build a modern, respectful and effective legislation framework for our mental health system.
I now table a revised explanatory statement, based on the comments of the scrutiny committee. I formed the view that it was warranted to make some minor adjustments to the explanatory statement to reflect that feedback, and I thank the scrutiny committee for their observations. I thank members for their support for this legislation and I commend the bill to the Assembly.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.
Bill agreed to.
Sitting suspended from 12.09 to 2.00 pm.
Questions without notice
Education—IT security
MS LAWDER: My question is to the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development. On Friday, 14 August you were advised that emails containing inappropriate content were sent to a number of students using a year group distribution list. Your statement issued on Monday, 17 August included the explanation that in April this year the Education Directorate made a security update to its Google education platform and, in the course of making this update, a series of year group email distribution lists were created. Minister, when were you first briefed about the security breach in April, and how and at what time did the directorate become aware of the email incident last Friday?
MS BERRY: The email issue was the first advice that I received that there was an error with regard to the update that was provided to Education’s email systems. The first email on that day was sent at two minutes past 10 o’clock. My office was advised at 12.50 on the same day.
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