❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding youth suicide rates in regional areas, including breakdowns by region, town, year, and Indigenous status. The Minister declines to provide specific details due to coronial investigation sensitivities and potential identification risks, but refers to a relevant report.
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SUICIDE RATES — REGIONAL AREAS
I refer to the number of youth suicides in rural and regional Western Australia. (1) Will the minister provide a breakdown of the number of young people under the age of 25 who died by suicide in each of the regional health districts for the years 2006 to the present? (2) Will the minister provide the names of the towns and the years in which the suicides occurred? (3) Will the minister also provide a breakdown, as asked above, for the number of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal suicides? Hon HELEN MORTON
I refer to the number of youth suicides in rural and regional Western Australia. (1) Will the minister provide a breakdown of the number of young people under the age of 25 who died by suicide in each of the regional health districts for the years 2006 to the present? (2) Will the minister provide the names of the towns and the years in which the suicides occurred? (3) Will the minister also provide a breakdown, as asked above, for the number of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal suicides? Hon HELEN MORTON
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Because I have been in committee, I have not had a chance to sign these off; however, I am happy to read them out. I think that probably means that the member will not get a copy of this answer until it gets copied for the relevant purposes. The PRESIDENT : There is actually no formal requirement for a copy to be provided to a member, anyhow; it is really done as a courtesy by the ministers who provide the answers. It is up to you to provide copy or not, or to provide a copy at the earliest possible convenience. Hon HELEN MORTON : Thank you, Mr President. (1)–(3) I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. As stated in my answer to Legislative Council question without notice 152, information in relation to cases of suicide is subject to coronial investigation. As such, I request that the member place the question on notice. The member should be advised that the coroner will not release statistics that could lead to circumstances in which individuals are identified, even though names are not cited, particularly in small regional areas. The member may wish to view the report “Completed suicides of Western Australians: A Psychological Autopsy Study”, which illustrates the most up-to-date statistics. This can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/ Senate/committee/clac_ctte/suicide/submissions/sub70a.pdf. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
(1) Will the minister provide a breakdown of the number of young people under the age of 25 who died by suicide in each of the regional health districts for the years 2006 to the present? (2) Will the minister provide the names of the towns and the years in which the suicides occurred? (3) Will the minister also provide a breakdown, as asked above, for the number of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal suicides? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: Because I have been in committee, I have not had a chance to sign these off; however, I am happy to read them out. I think that probably means that the member will not get a copy of this answer until it gets copied for the relevant purposes. The PRESIDENT : There is actually no formal requirement for a copy to be provided to a member, anyhow; it is really done as a courtesy by the ministers who provide the answers. It is up to you to provide copy or not, or to provide a copy at the earliest possible convenience. Hon HELEN MORTON : Thank you, Mr President. (1)–(3) I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. As stated in my answer to Legislative Council question without notice 152, information in relation to cases of suicide is subject to coronial investigation. As such, I request that the member place the question on notice. The member should be advised that the coroner will not release statistics that could lead to circumstances in which individuals are identified, even though names are not cited, particularly in small regional areas. The member may wish to view the report “Completed suicides of Western Australians: A Psychological Autopsy Study”, which illustrates the most up-to-date statistics. This can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/ Senate/committee/clac_ctte/suicide/submissions/sub70a.pdf. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
(2) Will the minister provide the names of the towns and the years in which the suicides occurred? (3) Will the minister also provide a breakdown, as asked above, for the number of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal suicides? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: Because I have been in committee, I have not had a chance to sign these off; however, I am happy to read them out. I think that probably means that the member will not get a copy of this answer until it gets copied for the relevant purposes. The PRESIDENT : There is actually no formal requirement for a copy to be provided to a member, anyhow; it is really done as a courtesy by the ministers who provide the answers. It is up to you to provide copy or not, or to provide a copy at the earliest possible convenience. Hon HELEN MORTON : Thank you, Mr President. (1)–(3) I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. As stated in my answer to Legislative Council question without notice 152, information in relation to cases of suicide is subject to coronial investigation. As such, I request that the member place the question on notice. The member should be advised that the coroner will not release statistics that could lead to circumstances in which individuals are identified, even though names are not cited, particularly in small regional areas. The member may wish to view the report “Completed suicides of Western Australians: A Psychological Autopsy Study”, which illustrates the most up-to-date statistics. This can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/ Senate/committee/clac_ctte/suicide/submissions/sub70a.pdf. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
(3) Will the minister also provide a breakdown, as asked above, for the number of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal suicides? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: Because I have been in committee, I have not had a chance to sign these off; however, I am happy to read them out. I think that probably means that the member will not get a copy of this answer until it gets copied for the relevant purposes. The PRESIDENT : There is actually no formal requirement for a copy to be provided to a member, anyhow; it is really done as a courtesy by the ministers who provide the answers. It is up to you to provide copy or not, or to provide a copy at the earliest possible convenience. Hon HELEN MORTON : Thank you, Mr President. (1)–(3) I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. As stated in my answer to Legislative Council question without notice 152, information in relation to cases of suicide is subject to coronial investigation. As such, I request that the member place the question on notice. The member should be advised that the coroner will not release statistics that could lead to circumstances in which individuals are identified, even though names are not cited, particularly in small regional areas. The member may wish to view the report “Completed suicides of Western Australians: A Psychological Autopsy Study”, which illustrates the most up-to-date statistics. This can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/ Senate/committee/clac_ctte/suicide/submissions/sub70a.pdf. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
Hon HELEN MORTON replied: Because I have been in committee, I have not had a chance to sign these off; however, I am happy to read them out. I think that probably means that the member will not get a copy of this answer until it gets copied for the relevant purposes. The PRESIDENT : There is actually no formal requirement for a copy to be provided to a member, anyhow; it is really done as a courtesy by the ministers who provide the answers. It is up to you to provide copy or not, or to provide a copy at the earliest possible convenience. Hon HELEN MORTON : Thank you, Mr President. (1)–(3) I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. As stated in my answer to Legislative Council question without notice 152, information in relation to cases of suicide is subject to coronial investigation. As such, I request that the member place the question on notice. The member should be advised that the coroner will not release statistics that could lead to circumstances in which individuals are identified, even though names are not cited, particularly in small regional areas. The member may wish to view the report “Completed suicides of Western Australians: A Psychological Autopsy Study”, which illustrates the most up-to-date statistics. This can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/ Senate/committee/clac_ctte/suicide/submissions/sub70a.pdf. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
Because I have been in committee, I have not had a chance to sign these off; however, I am happy to read them out. I think that probably means that the member will not get a copy of this answer until it gets copied for the relevant purposes. The PRESIDENT : There is actually no formal requirement for a copy to be provided to a member, anyhow; it is really done as a courtesy by the ministers who provide the answers. It is up to you to provide copy or not, or to provide a copy at the earliest possible convenience. Hon HELEN MORTON : Thank you, Mr President. (1)–(3) I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. As stated in my answer to Legislative Council question without notice 152, information in relation to cases of suicide is subject to coronial investigation. As such, I request that the member place the question on notice. The member should be advised that the coroner will not release statistics that could lead to circumstances in which individuals are identified, even though names are not cited, particularly in small regional areas. The member may wish to view the report “Completed suicides of Western Australians: A Psychological Autopsy Study”, which illustrates the most up-to-date statistics. This can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/ Senate/committee/clac_ctte/suicide/submissions/sub70a.pdf. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
The PRESIDENT : There is actually no formal requirement for a copy to be provided to a member, anyhow; it is really done as a courtesy by the ministers who provide the answers. It is up to you to provide copy or not, or to provide a copy at the earliest possible convenience. Hon HELEN MORTON : Thank you, Mr President. (1)–(3) I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. As stated in my answer to Legislative Council question without notice 152, information in relation to cases of suicide is subject to coronial investigation. As such, I request that the member place the question on notice. The member should be advised that the coroner will not release statistics that could lead to circumstances in which individuals are identified, even though names are not cited, particularly in small regional areas. The member may wish to view the report “Completed suicides of Western Australians: A Psychological Autopsy Study”, which illustrates the most up-to-date statistics. This can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/ Senate/committee/clac_ctte/suicide/submissions/sub70a.pdf. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
Hon HELEN MORTON : Thank you, Mr President. (1)–(3) I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. As stated in my answer to Legislative Council question without notice 152, information in relation to cases of suicide is subject to coronial investigation. As such, I request that the member place the question on notice. The member should be advised that the coroner will not release statistics that could lead to circumstances in which individuals are identified, even though names are not cited, particularly in small regional areas. The member may wish to view the report “Completed suicides of Western Australians: A Psychological Autopsy Study”, which illustrates the most up-to-date statistics. This can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/ Senate/committee/clac_ctte/suicide/submissions/sub70a.pdf. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
(1)–(3) I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. As stated in my answer to Legislative Council question without notice 152, information in relation to cases of suicide is subject to coronial investigation. As such, I request that the member place the question on notice. The member should be advised that the coroner will not release statistics that could lead to circumstances in which individuals are identified, even though names are not cited, particularly in small regional areas. The member may wish to view the report “Completed suicides of Western Australians: A Psychological Autopsy Study”, which illustrates the most up-to-date statistics. This can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/ Senate/committee/clac_ctte/suicide/submissions/sub70a.pdf. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
(1) Will the minister provide a breakdown of the number of young people under the age of 25 who died by suicide in each of the regional health districts for the years 2006 to the present? (2) Will the minister provide the names of the towns and the years in which the suicides occurred? (3) Will the minister also provide a breakdown, as asked above, for the number of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal suicides? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: Because I have been in committee, I have not had a chance to sign these off; however, I am happy to read them out. I think that probably means that the member will not get a copy of this answer until it gets copied for the relevant purposes. The PRESIDENT : There is actually no formal requirement for a copy to be provided to a member, anyhow; it is really done as a courtesy by the ministers who provide the answers. It is up to you to provide copy or not, or to provide a copy at the earliest possible convenience. Hon HELEN MORTON : Thank you, Mr President. (1)–(3) I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. As stated in my answer to Legislative Council question without notice 152, information in relation to cases of suicide is subject to coronial investigation. As such, I request that the member place the question on notice. The member should be advised that the coroner will not release statistics that could lead to circumstances in which individuals are identified, even though names are not cited, particularly in small regional areas. The member may wish to view the report “Completed suicides of Western Australians: A Psychological Autopsy Study”, which illustrates the most up-to-date statistics. This can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/ Senate/committee/clac_ctte/suicide/submissions/sub70a.pdf. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
(2) Will the minister provide the names of the towns and the years in which the suicides occurred? (3) Will the minister also provide a breakdown, as asked above, for the number of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal suicides? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: Because I have been in committee, I have not had a chance to sign these off; however, I am happy to read them out. I think that probably means that the member will not get a copy of this answer until it gets copied for the relevant purposes. The PRESIDENT : There is actually no formal requirement for a copy to be provided to a member, anyhow; it is really done as a courtesy by the ministers who provide the answers. It is up to you to provide copy or not, or to provide a copy at the earliest possible convenience. Hon HELEN MORTON : Thank you, Mr President. (1)–(3) I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. As stated in my answer to Legislative Council question without notice 152, information in relation to cases of suicide is subject to coronial investigation. As such, I request that the member place the question on notice. The member should be advised that the coroner will not release statistics that could lead to circumstances in which individuals are identified, even though names are not cited, particularly in small regional areas. The member may wish to view the report “Completed suicides of Western Australians: A Psychological Autopsy Study”, which illustrates the most up-to-date statistics. This can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/ Senate/committee/clac_ctte/suicide/submissions/sub70a.pdf. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
(3) Will the minister also provide a breakdown, as asked above, for the number of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal suicides? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: Because I have been in committee, I have not had a chance to sign these off; however, I am happy to read them out. I think that probably means that the member will not get a copy of this answer until it gets copied for the relevant purposes. The PRESIDENT : There is actually no formal requirement for a copy to be provided to a member, anyhow; it is really done as a courtesy by the ministers who provide the answers. It is up to you to provide copy or not, or to provide a copy at the earliest possible convenience. Hon HELEN MORTON : Thank you, Mr President. (1)–(3) I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. As stated in my answer to Legislative Council question without notice 152, information in relation to cases of suicide is subject to coronial investigation. As such, I request that the member place the question on notice. The member should be advised that the coroner will not release statistics that could lead to circumstances in which individuals are identified, even though names are not cited, particularly in small regional areas. The member may wish to view the report “Completed suicides of Western Australians: A Psychological Autopsy Study”, which illustrates the most up-to-date statistics. This can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/ Senate/committee/clac_ctte/suicide/submissions/sub70a.pdf. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
Hon HELEN MORTON replied: Because I have been in committee, I have not had a chance to sign these off; however, I am happy to read them out. I think that probably means that the member will not get a copy of this answer until it gets copied for the relevant purposes. The PRESIDENT : There is actually no formal requirement for a copy to be provided to a member, anyhow; it is really done as a courtesy by the ministers who provide the answers. It is up to you to provide copy or not, or to provide a copy at the earliest possible convenience. Hon HELEN MORTON : Thank you, Mr President. (1)–(3) I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. As stated in my answer to Legislative Council question without notice 152, information in relation to cases of suicide is subject to coronial investigation. As such, I request that the member place the question on notice. The member should be advised that the coroner will not release statistics that could lead to circumstances in which individuals are identified, even though names are not cited, particularly in small regional areas. The member may wish to view the report “Completed suicides of Western Australians: A Psychological Autopsy Study”, which illustrates the most up-to-date statistics. This can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/ Senate/committee/clac_ctte/suicide/submissions/sub70a.pdf. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
Because I have been in committee, I have not had a chance to sign these off; however, I am happy to read them out. I think that probably means that the member will not get a copy of this answer until it gets copied for the relevant purposes. The PRESIDENT : There is actually no formal requirement for a copy to be provided to a member, anyhow; it is really done as a courtesy by the ministers who provide the answers. It is up to you to provide copy or not, or to provide a copy at the earliest possible convenience. Hon HELEN MORTON : Thank you, Mr President. (1)–(3) I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. As stated in my answer to Legislative Council question without notice 152, information in relation to cases of suicide is subject to coronial investigation. As such, I request that the member place the question on notice. The member should be advised that the coroner will not release statistics that could lead to circumstances in which individuals are identified, even though names are not cited, particularly in small regional areas. The member may wish to view the report “Completed suicides of Western Australians: A Psychological Autopsy Study”, which illustrates the most up-to-date statistics. This can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/ Senate/committee/clac_ctte/suicide/submissions/sub70a.pdf. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
The PRESIDENT : There is actually no formal requirement for a copy to be provided to a member, anyhow; it is really done as a courtesy by the ministers who provide the answers. It is up to you to provide copy or not, or to provide a copy at the earliest possible convenience. Hon HELEN MORTON : Thank you, Mr President. (1)–(3) I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. As stated in my answer to Legislative Council question without notice 152, information in relation to cases of suicide is subject to coronial investigation. As such, I request that the member place the question on notice. The member should be advised that the coroner will not release statistics that could lead to circumstances in which individuals are identified, even though names are not cited, particularly in small regional areas. The member may wish to view the report “Completed suicides of Western Australians: A Psychological Autopsy Study”, which illustrates the most up-to-date statistics. This can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/ Senate/committee/clac_ctte/suicide/submissions/sub70a.pdf. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
Hon HELEN MORTON : Thank you, Mr President. (1)–(3) I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. As stated in my answer to Legislative Council question without notice 152, information in relation to cases of suicide is subject to coronial investigation. As such, I request that the member place the question on notice. The member should be advised that the coroner will not release statistics that could lead to circumstances in which individuals are identified, even though names are not cited, particularly in small regional areas. The member may wish to view the report “Completed suicides of Western Australians: A Psychological Autopsy Study”, which illustrates the most up-to-date statistics. This can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/ Senate/committee/clac_ctte/suicide/submissions/sub70a.pdf. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
(1)–(3) I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. As stated in my answer to Legislative Council question without notice 152, information in relation to cases of suicide is subject to coronial investigation. As such, I request that the member place the question on notice. The member should be advised that the coroner will not release statistics that could lead to circumstances in which individuals are identified, even though names are not cited, particularly in small regional areas. The member may wish to view the report “Completed suicides of Western Australians: A Psychological Autopsy Study”, which illustrates the most up-to-date statistics. This can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/ Senate/committee/clac_ctte/suicide/submissions/sub70a.pdf. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Am I supposed to remember this? Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
Hon HELEN MORTON : Mr President, I will get a copy of this to the member as soon as I can get it out to the relevant people to copy and bring back in. The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
The PRESIDENT : And I am sure a copy of that will be made available to Hansard.
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