❓ A member of parliament questions the Minister for Mental Health about the timing of the deployment of mental health professionals and the fast-tracking of a suicide prevention strategy in the Kimberley region, following a series of suicides. The Minister's response lacks specific dates and emphasizes community involvement in developing culturally appropriate strategies.
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KIMBERLEY — SUICIDE PREVENTION
I refer to the ministerial statement today about the 11 people who recently took their own lives in the Kimberley. (1) When did the Kimberley mental health drug strategy deploy the five health professionals to the various towns in the Kimberley to respond to the immediate crisis? (2) When did the minister advise the Mental Health Commission to fund the extra staff support required for the WA Country Health Service mental health and drug service? (3) Why was the $13 million suicide prevention strategy in the Kimberley not fast-tracked prior to now, given that the strategy was announced almost a year and a half ago? Hon HELEN MORTON
I refer to the ministerial statement today about the 11 people who recently took their own lives in the Kimberley. (1) When did the Kimberley mental health drug strategy deploy the five health professionals to the various towns in the Kimberley to respond to the immediate crisis? (2) When did the minister advise the Mental Health Commission to fund the extra staff support required for the WA Country Health Service mental health and drug service? (3) Why was the $13 million suicide prevention strategy in the Kimberley not fast-tracked prior to now, given that the strategy was announced almost a year and a half ago? Hon HELEN MORTON
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I thank the member for the question. (1)–(3) As I mentioned earlier, these suicides are an absolute tragedy across the entire region of the Kimberley. People working in the Kimberley area have been aware of these problems occurring and have been briefing me about them on an ongoing basis throughout January and February. I cannot remember the exact date it was determined that the five people would be deployed. That took place through one or other of those meetings over the past six weeks. The same applies regarding the extra staff support to the rapid response team — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You can’t remember? Hon HELEN MORTON : The member asked for a date, but I do not know the exact date because I have had many meetings about this. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
(1) When did the Kimberley mental health drug strategy deploy the five health professionals to the various towns in the Kimberley to respond to the immediate crisis? (2) When did the minister advise the Mental Health Commission to fund the extra staff support required for the WA Country Health Service mental health and drug service? (3) Why was the $13 million suicide prevention strategy in the Kimberley not fast-tracked prior to now, given that the strategy was announced almost a year and a half ago? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)–(3) As I mentioned earlier, these suicides are an absolute tragedy across the entire region of the Kimberley. People working in the Kimberley area have been aware of these problems occurring and have been briefing me about them on an ongoing basis throughout January and February. I cannot remember the exact date it was determined that the five people would be deployed. That took place through one or other of those meetings over the past six weeks. The same applies regarding the extra staff support to the rapid response team — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You can’t remember? Hon HELEN MORTON : The member asked for a date, but I do not know the exact date because I have had many meetings about this. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
(2) When did the minister advise the Mental Health Commission to fund the extra staff support required for the WA Country Health Service mental health and drug service? (3) Why was the $13 million suicide prevention strategy in the Kimberley not fast-tracked prior to now, given that the strategy was announced almost a year and a half ago? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)–(3) As I mentioned earlier, these suicides are an absolute tragedy across the entire region of the Kimberley. People working in the Kimberley area have been aware of these problems occurring and have been briefing me about them on an ongoing basis throughout January and February. I cannot remember the exact date it was determined that the five people would be deployed. That took place through one or other of those meetings over the past six weeks. The same applies regarding the extra staff support to the rapid response team — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You can’t remember? Hon HELEN MORTON : The member asked for a date, but I do not know the exact date because I have had many meetings about this. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
(3) Why was the $13 million suicide prevention strategy in the Kimberley not fast-tracked prior to now, given that the strategy was announced almost a year and a half ago? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)–(3) As I mentioned earlier, these suicides are an absolute tragedy across the entire region of the Kimberley. People working in the Kimberley area have been aware of these problems occurring and have been briefing me about them on an ongoing basis throughout January and February. I cannot remember the exact date it was determined that the five people would be deployed. That took place through one or other of those meetings over the past six weeks. The same applies regarding the extra staff support to the rapid response team — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You can’t remember? Hon HELEN MORTON : The member asked for a date, but I do not know the exact date because I have had many meetings about this. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)–(3) As I mentioned earlier, these suicides are an absolute tragedy across the entire region of the Kimberley. People working in the Kimberley area have been aware of these problems occurring and have been briefing me about them on an ongoing basis throughout January and February. I cannot remember the exact date it was determined that the five people would be deployed. That took place through one or other of those meetings over the past six weeks. The same applies regarding the extra staff support to the rapid response team — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You can’t remember? Hon HELEN MORTON : The member asked for a date, but I do not know the exact date because I have had many meetings about this. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
I thank the member for the question. (1)–(3) As I mentioned earlier, these suicides are an absolute tragedy across the entire region of the Kimberley. People working in the Kimberley area have been aware of these problems occurring and have been briefing me about them on an ongoing basis throughout January and February. I cannot remember the exact date it was determined that the five people would be deployed. That took place through one or other of those meetings over the past six weeks. The same applies regarding the extra staff support to the rapid response team — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You can’t remember? Hon HELEN MORTON : The member asked for a date, but I do not know the exact date because I have had many meetings about this. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
(1)–(3) As I mentioned earlier, these suicides are an absolute tragedy across the entire region of the Kimberley. People working in the Kimberley area have been aware of these problems occurring and have been briefing me about them on an ongoing basis throughout January and February. I cannot remember the exact date it was determined that the five people would be deployed. That took place through one or other of those meetings over the past six weeks. The same applies regarding the extra staff support to the rapid response team — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You can’t remember? Hon HELEN MORTON : The member asked for a date, but I do not know the exact date because I have had many meetings about this. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You can’t remember? Hon HELEN MORTON : The member asked for a date, but I do not know the exact date because I have had many meetings about this. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
Hon HELEN MORTON : The member asked for a date, but I do not know the exact date because I have had many meetings about this. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
(1) When did the Kimberley mental health drug strategy deploy the five health professionals to the various towns in the Kimberley to respond to the immediate crisis? (2) When did the minister advise the Mental Health Commission to fund the extra staff support required for the WA Country Health Service mental health and drug service? (3) Why was the $13 million suicide prevention strategy in the Kimberley not fast-tracked prior to now, given that the strategy was announced almost a year and a half ago? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)–(3) As I mentioned earlier, these suicides are an absolute tragedy across the entire region of the Kimberley. People working in the Kimberley area have been aware of these problems occurring and have been briefing me about them on an ongoing basis throughout January and February. I cannot remember the exact date it was determined that the five people would be deployed. That took place through one or other of those meetings over the past six weeks. The same applies regarding the extra staff support to the rapid response team — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You can’t remember? Hon HELEN MORTON : The member asked for a date, but I do not know the exact date because I have had many meetings about this. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
(2) When did the minister advise the Mental Health Commission to fund the extra staff support required for the WA Country Health Service mental health and drug service? (3) Why was the $13 million suicide prevention strategy in the Kimberley not fast-tracked prior to now, given that the strategy was announced almost a year and a half ago? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)–(3) As I mentioned earlier, these suicides are an absolute tragedy across the entire region of the Kimberley. People working in the Kimberley area have been aware of these problems occurring and have been briefing me about them on an ongoing basis throughout January and February. I cannot remember the exact date it was determined that the five people would be deployed. That took place through one or other of those meetings over the past six weeks. The same applies regarding the extra staff support to the rapid response team — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You can’t remember? Hon HELEN MORTON : The member asked for a date, but I do not know the exact date because I have had many meetings about this. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
(3) Why was the $13 million suicide prevention strategy in the Kimberley not fast-tracked prior to now, given that the strategy was announced almost a year and a half ago? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)–(3) As I mentioned earlier, these suicides are an absolute tragedy across the entire region of the Kimberley. People working in the Kimberley area have been aware of these problems occurring and have been briefing me about them on an ongoing basis throughout January and February. I cannot remember the exact date it was determined that the five people would be deployed. That took place through one or other of those meetings over the past six weeks. The same applies regarding the extra staff support to the rapid response team — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You can’t remember? Hon HELEN MORTON : The member asked for a date, but I do not know the exact date because I have had many meetings about this. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)–(3) As I mentioned earlier, these suicides are an absolute tragedy across the entire region of the Kimberley. People working in the Kimberley area have been aware of these problems occurring and have been briefing me about them on an ongoing basis throughout January and February. I cannot remember the exact date it was determined that the five people would be deployed. That took place through one or other of those meetings over the past six weeks. The same applies regarding the extra staff support to the rapid response team — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You can’t remember? Hon HELEN MORTON : The member asked for a date, but I do not know the exact date because I have had many meetings about this. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
I thank the member for the question. (1)–(3) As I mentioned earlier, these suicides are an absolute tragedy across the entire region of the Kimberley. People working in the Kimberley area have been aware of these problems occurring and have been briefing me about them on an ongoing basis throughout January and February. I cannot remember the exact date it was determined that the five people would be deployed. That took place through one or other of those meetings over the past six weeks. The same applies regarding the extra staff support to the rapid response team — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You can’t remember? Hon HELEN MORTON : The member asked for a date, but I do not know the exact date because I have had many meetings about this. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
(1)–(3) As I mentioned earlier, these suicides are an absolute tragedy across the entire region of the Kimberley. People working in the Kimberley area have been aware of these problems occurring and have been briefing me about them on an ongoing basis throughout January and February. I cannot remember the exact date it was determined that the five people would be deployed. That took place through one or other of those meetings over the past six weeks. The same applies regarding the extra staff support to the rapid response team — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You can’t remember? Hon HELEN MORTON : The member asked for a date, but I do not know the exact date because I have had many meetings about this. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You can’t remember? Hon HELEN MORTON : The member asked for a date, but I do not know the exact date because I have had many meetings about this. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
Hon HELEN MORTON : The member asked for a date, but I do not know the exact date because I have had many meetings about this. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : I asked when. Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
Hon HELEN MORTON : What does “when” mean; is that a date or a time? Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich interjected. Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
Hon HELEN MORTON : I cannot tell the member precisely what date it took place, but I can tell the member that I have had ongoing discussions over the past six weeks with people who have been informing me about the situation, and it is being monitored. In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
In response to the member’s query about why the $13 million suicide prevention strategy has not been fast-tracked at this stage, the member might recall that I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work the Billard Aboriginal community is undertaking in determining suicide prevention strategies that are culturally safe and appropriate to people in the Kimberley. I attended the five-day Billard summit on suicide prevention two years ago and I attended the one just last year. Throughout that process a number of initiatives have been identified by people from across the Kimberley and across Australia generally on what would work best in the different communities. The most important message that came out of those suicide summits is that community plans for creating suicide-proof communities in the Kimberley need to be developed by the people for the people. They need to own them. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Why didn’t you fast-track — Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
Hon HELEN MORTON : If the member waits, she will get the information she is looking for. The objective of trying to create the community action plans requires the communities themselves to identify what action they believe will work best for them in their communities. That sort of work is not something that can happen quickly. A lot of work is going on at the moment in many of those communities to develop community awareness and understanding of specific initiatives that suit that one community or the next. We are now at the stage at which we want to fast-track that information or those initiatives into the communities. A lot of that work has been done and will continue now at a faster rate.
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