❓ Hon George Cash asks about the implementation of recommendations from the 1994 Victims of Crime Act review. Hon Nick Griffiths provides a detailed response outlining progress and reasons for delays.
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(1) Which particular recommendations of the January “Review of the Operations and Effectiveness of the Victims of Crime Act 1994” have been implemented, and what has been the effect of such implementation? (2) Why have the other recommendations not been implemented? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Justice has provided the following response - (1)-(2) The Department of Justice advises that the report contained 32 recommendations. Of these, 27 recommendations have been implemented or are in the process of being implemented. Five recommendations have not been implemented because they are subject to changes in information technology systems. There has been significant improvement to victims of crime processes through the establishment of a Victim Notification Register; development of protocols between the Police Service, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Coroner’s Court and the Department of Justice on responses to secondary victims of homicide; production of a victims’ services directory; increased staffing in the Victim Support Service, Family Violence Court and Child Witness Service; new services arising from the Gordon inquiry; improved responses from prison services to victims’ issues; the justice for all victims policy within the Department of Justice; a senior officers group to coordinate victims’ issues across government; legislative changes in preparation to amend the Victims of Crime Act 1994 to improve information sharing; legislative changes being prepared to allow sexual assault victims to provide evidence via closed-circuit television; and a comprehensive domestic violence legislative package in preparation.
(2) Why have the other recommendations not been implemented? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Justice has provided the following response - (1)-(2) The Department of Justice advises that the report contained 32 recommendations. Of these, 27 recommendations have been implemented or are in the process of being implemented. Five recommendations have not been implemented because they are subject to changes in information technology systems. There has been significant improvement to victims of crime processes through the establishment of a Victim Notification Register; development of protocols between the Police Service, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Coroner’s Court and the Department of Justice on responses to secondary victims of homicide; production of a victims’ services directory; increased staffing in the Victim Support Service, Family Violence Court and Child Witness Service; new services arising from the Gordon inquiry; improved responses from prison services to victims’ issues; the justice for all victims policy within the Department of Justice; a senior officers group to coordinate victims’ issues across government; legislative changes in preparation to amend the Victims of Crime Act 1994 to improve information sharing; legislative changes being prepared to allow sexual assault victims to provide evidence via closed-circuit television; and a comprehensive domestic violence legislative package in preparation.
Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Justice has provided the following response - (1)-(2) The Department of Justice advises that the report contained 32 recommendations. Of these, 27 recommendations have been implemented or are in the process of being implemented. Five recommendations have not been implemented because they are subject to changes in information technology systems. There has been significant improvement to victims of crime processes through the establishment of a Victim Notification Register; development of protocols between the Police Service, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Coroner’s Court and the Department of Justice on responses to secondary victims of homicide; production of a victims’ services directory; increased staffing in the Victim Support Service, Family Violence Court and Child Witness Service; new services arising from the Gordon inquiry; improved responses from prison services to victims’ issues; the justice for all victims policy within the Department of Justice; a senior officers group to coordinate victims’ issues across government; legislative changes in preparation to amend the Victims of Crime Act 1994 to improve information sharing; legislative changes being prepared to allow sexual assault victims to provide evidence via closed-circuit television; and a comprehensive domestic violence legislative package in preparation.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Justice has provided the following response - (1)-(2) The Department of Justice advises that the report contained 32 recommendations. Of these, 27 recommendations have been implemented or are in the process of being implemented. Five recommendations have not been implemented because they are subject to changes in information technology systems. There has been significant improvement to victims of crime processes through the establishment of a Victim Notification Register; development of protocols between the Police Service, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Coroner’s Court and the Department of Justice on responses to secondary victims of homicide; production of a victims’ services directory; increased staffing in the Victim Support Service, Family Violence Court and Child Witness Service; new services arising from the Gordon inquiry; improved responses from prison services to victims’ issues; the justice for all victims policy within the Department of Justice; a senior officers group to coordinate victims’ issues across government; legislative changes in preparation to amend the Victims of Crime Act 1994 to improve information sharing; legislative changes being prepared to allow sexual assault victims to provide evidence via closed-circuit television; and a comprehensive domestic violence legislative package in preparation.
(1)-(2) The Department of Justice advises that the report contained 32 recommendations. Of these, 27 recommendations have been implemented or are in the process of being implemented. Five recommendations have not been implemented because they are subject to changes in information technology systems. There has been significant improvement to victims of crime processes through the establishment of a Victim Notification Register; development of protocols between the Police Service, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Coroner’s Court and the Department of Justice on responses to secondary victims of homicide; production of a victims’ services directory; increased staffing in the Victim Support Service, Family Violence Court and Child Witness Service; new services arising from the Gordon inquiry; improved responses from prison services to victims’ issues; the justice for all victims policy within the Department of Justice; a senior officers group to coordinate victims’ issues across government; legislative changes in preparation to amend the Victims of Crime Act 1994 to improve information sharing; legislative changes being prepared to allow sexual assault victims to provide evidence via closed-circuit television; and a comprehensive domestic violence legislative package in preparation.
(2) Why have the other recommendations not been implemented? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Justice has provided the following response - (1)-(2) The Department of Justice advises that the report contained 32 recommendations. Of these, 27 recommendations have been implemented or are in the process of being implemented. Five recommendations have not been implemented because they are subject to changes in information technology systems. There has been significant improvement to victims of crime processes through the establishment of a Victim Notification Register; development of protocols between the Police Service, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Coroner’s Court and the Department of Justice on responses to secondary victims of homicide; production of a victims’ services directory; increased staffing in the Victim Support Service, Family Violence Court and Child Witness Service; new services arising from the Gordon inquiry; improved responses from prison services to victims’ issues; the justice for all victims policy within the Department of Justice; a senior officers group to coordinate victims’ issues across government; legislative changes in preparation to amend the Victims of Crime Act 1994 to improve information sharing; legislative changes being prepared to allow sexual assault victims to provide evidence via closed-circuit television; and a comprehensive domestic violence legislative package in preparation.
Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Justice has provided the following response - (1)-(2) The Department of Justice advises that the report contained 32 recommendations. Of these, 27 recommendations have been implemented or are in the process of being implemented. Five recommendations have not been implemented because they are subject to changes in information technology systems. There has been significant improvement to victims of crime processes through the establishment of a Victim Notification Register; development of protocols between the Police Service, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Coroner’s Court and the Department of Justice on responses to secondary victims of homicide; production of a victims’ services directory; increased staffing in the Victim Support Service, Family Violence Court and Child Witness Service; new services arising from the Gordon inquiry; improved responses from prison services to victims’ issues; the justice for all victims policy within the Department of Justice; a senior officers group to coordinate victims’ issues across government; legislative changes in preparation to amend the Victims of Crime Act 1994 to improve information sharing; legislative changes being prepared to allow sexual assault victims to provide evidence via closed-circuit television; and a comprehensive domestic violence legislative package in preparation.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Justice has provided the following response - (1)-(2) The Department of Justice advises that the report contained 32 recommendations. Of these, 27 recommendations have been implemented or are in the process of being implemented. Five recommendations have not been implemented because they are subject to changes in information technology systems. There has been significant improvement to victims of crime processes through the establishment of a Victim Notification Register; development of protocols between the Police Service, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Coroner’s Court and the Department of Justice on responses to secondary victims of homicide; production of a victims’ services directory; increased staffing in the Victim Support Service, Family Violence Court and Child Witness Service; new services arising from the Gordon inquiry; improved responses from prison services to victims’ issues; the justice for all victims policy within the Department of Justice; a senior officers group to coordinate victims’ issues across government; legislative changes in preparation to amend the Victims of Crime Act 1994 to improve information sharing; legislative changes being prepared to allow sexual assault victims to provide evidence via closed-circuit television; and a comprehensive domestic violence legislative package in preparation.
(1)-(2) The Department of Justice advises that the report contained 32 recommendations. Of these, 27 recommendations have been implemented or are in the process of being implemented. Five recommendations have not been implemented because they are subject to changes in information technology systems. There has been significant improvement to victims of crime processes through the establishment of a Victim Notification Register; development of protocols between the Police Service, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Coroner’s Court and the Department of Justice on responses to secondary victims of homicide; production of a victims’ services directory; increased staffing in the Victim Support Service, Family Violence Court and Child Witness Service; new services arising from the Gordon inquiry; improved responses from prison services to victims’ issues; the justice for all victims policy within the Department of Justice; a senior officers group to coordinate victims’ issues across government; legislative changes in preparation to amend the Victims of Crime Act 1994 to improve information sharing; legislative changes being prepared to allow sexual assault victims to provide evidence via closed-circuit television; and a comprehensive domestic violence legislative package in preparation.
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