Responsibility: State and territory governments
Response:
WA: Accept in principle
ACT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, NSW, NT: Note
This recommendation was directed to the Western Australian Government.
Western Australia
Response: Accept in principle
Status: In progress
What has been achieved to date
Legislative changes would be included as part of a wider package of reforms should recommendation 11.8 be implemented.
WA government response July 2024
The WA Government accepts in principle this recommendation. Currently the Department of Justice has an agreement in relation to timeframes for a response to the Inspector of Custodial Services. Implementation of the recommendation in full is subject to legislative amendments to the Act.
What the Disability Royal Commission said in the final report
The Western Australian Government should introduce and support legislation amending the Inspector of Custodial Services Act 2003 (WA) to provide the Inspector with a discretion to demand a response from the department or other relevant agency, within a specified time, to recommendations of the Inspector included in a report to Parliament. This should include the steps (if any) taken by the agency in response to the recommendations and an explanation of why steps have not been taken (if that be the case).
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