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❓ A parliamentary question seeks information on staffing levels, staff turnover, and misconduct allegations within the Mental Health Tribunal. The Minister provides partial information on staffing and turnover, but declines to comment on misconduct allegations.

AnsweredQoN 3869Legislative Council

Asked

25 February 2016

Member

Hon Stephen Dawson

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Mental Health

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I refer to the Mental Health Tribunal, and I ask: (a) how many staff work at the tribunal and what positions do they hold; (b) what has been the movement of staff at the tribunal in the past 12 months; and (c) have any allegations of misconduct arisen in the past 12 months and, if so, what are the details of each allegation?

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Answered

28 April 2016

Responded by

Minister for Mental Health

Response time

63 days

(a) The President and Mental Health Tribunal members are Ministerial appointments. The headcount of staff at the Tribunal includes;
(b) The Registrar position was vacated on 2/10/2015.
(c) A person’s reputation and livelihood can easily be ruined by allegations of misconduct. Consequently, as a matter of principal, I will not comment on whether or not any allegations of misconduct have arisen in the past 12 months.

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