Question regarding the establishment of a National Centre of Excellence under the National Plan to reduce Violence against Women and their Children, seeking details on location, timeline, and funding contributions from WA and Commonwealth governments. The answer indicates progress is being made but key details are still to be determined.

AnsweredQoN 5876Legislative Council
Asked
14 August 2012
Portfolio
Child Protection

QuestionView source ↗

I refer to the National Plan to reduce Violence against Women and their Children and to the commitment to establish a National Centre of Excellence, and I ask —
(1) Where will the National Centre of Excellence be located?
(2) When is it likely to be established?
(3) Has funding been allocated to assist in the establishment of the National Centre of Excellence?
(4) If yes to (3), how much has been contributed by the Western Australian Government?
(5) If yes to (3), how much has been contributed by the Commonwealth Government?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
18 September 2012
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
35 days
(1) This has not yet been determined. At the Select Council on Women's Interests meeting held 18 July in Darwin, Minister's agreed to the establishment of an Officials' Working Group to progress the establishment of the National Centre of Excellence. It is expected the outcome of the Working Group will be presented to Select Council on Women's Interests at its next meeting.The Commonwealth has not yet confirmed when the next Select Council meeting will be held.
(2) Not yet known.
(3) Yes.
(4)Yet to be determined. Funding options are being considered.
(5) The Commonwealth has committed funding of $6.9 million over four years.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
http://www.rtlib.com

Explore WA Government Data

Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.

Explore more