❓ Mr. Kirkup questions the Premier regarding the establishment and progress of the Methamphetamine Action Plan Taskforce, including meeting dates, action items, and membership. The answer reveals the taskforce is being established and provides a list of invitees.
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(1) I refer to the Labor’s election commitment to establish a Taskforce to oversee the implementation of the Methamphetamine Action Plan which would include representatives from the Department of Health, Mental Health, Education, Police, Judiciary and Corrective Services and business leaders and subject matter experts from the non-government sector, and ask: (a) What was the date of the first meeting of the Taskforce; (b) What action items came out of the meeting; and (c) Which business leaders and experts outside of government are on the taskforce? (2) If there has been no meeting of the Taskforce: (a) When is the first meeting scheduled; and (b) Who has been invited to be part of the Taskforce? (3) Who is the lead Minister responsible for the State Government’s Methamphetamine Action Plan?
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Answered
27 June 2017
Response time
8 days
(1) (a) The first formal meeting of the Taskforce is will be scheduled by the chair.
(b) N/A
(c) Please refer to answer 2(b)
(2) (a) Please refer to answer 1(a)
(b) The following have been invited to be part of the Taskforce;
Mr Ron Alexander (Chair)
Director General - Department of Sport & Recreation
Dr Daniel Fatovich
Head - Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine, University of Western Australia
Hon Don Punch MLA
Member for Bunbury
Professor Colleen Hayward AM
Chair - Alcohol and Other Drugs Advisory Council
Professor Simon Lenton
Director – National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
Judge Julie Wager
First Magistrate appointed to the Drug Court
Michelle Fyfe APM Michelle Fyfe
Assistant Commissioner, WA Police
(3) The Government’s Methamphetamine Action Plan is a State-wide integrated plan, overseen by the Government’s Community Safety and Family Support Cabinet Sub Committee (CSFS), established to ensure cross government cooperation to deliver key policies in an integrated manner. It is chaired by the Deputy Premier and has the following membership;
(b) N/A
(c) Please refer to answer 2(b)
(2) (a) Please refer to answer 1(a)
(b) The following have been invited to be part of the Taskforce;
Mr Ron Alexander (Chair)
Director General - Department of Sport & Recreation
Dr Daniel Fatovich
Head - Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine, University of Western Australia
Hon Don Punch MLA
Member for Bunbury
Professor Colleen Hayward AM
Chair - Alcohol and Other Drugs Advisory Council
Professor Simon Lenton
Director – National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
Judge Julie Wager
First Magistrate appointed to the Drug Court
Michelle Fyfe APM Michelle Fyfe
Assistant Commissioner, WA Police
(3) The Government’s Methamphetamine Action Plan is a State-wide integrated plan, overseen by the Government’s Community Safety and Family Support Cabinet Sub Committee (CSFS), established to ensure cross government cooperation to deliver key policies in an integrated manner. It is chaired by the Deputy Premier and has the following membership;
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