❓ Ms. Quirk asks the Treasurer about costings and financial implications for WA government agencies complying with OPCAT, soon to be ratified by the Australian Government. The Treasurer's department states no measures have been taken as no request was made by any department.
AnsweredQoN 2693Legislative Assembly
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What measures have been taken by the Treasurer’s department to prepare costings for, and the financial implications of, compliance by Western Australian government agencies with the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT), which is shortly to be ratified by the Australian Government; and
(a) if so, what are they; and
(b) if not, why not?
(a) if so, what are they; and
(b) if not, why not?
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Answered
18 May 2010
Response time
28 days
No Measures have been taken to undertake costings or financial implications for the introduction of Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) as no request has been made of the agency by any Department.
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