❓ Mr. Love questions the Minister for Health about the adequacy of regional consultations regarding Voluntary Assisted Dying, given limited locations and panel member attendance. The Minister acknowledges the issue and discusses plans to expand consultations using community resource centres.
AnsweredQoN 296Legislative Assembly
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MINISTERIAL EXPERT PANEL
ON VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING — REGIONAL CONSULTATION
296. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Health:
I refer to public consultations by
the Ministerial Expert Panel on Voluntary Assisted Dying and the minister's
statement this morning, ''We are committed to hearing from the regions.''
(1) Given that I have
to attend a panel session in Joondalup tomorrow because none is being held in
my electorate, can the minister assure regional Western Australians that his
government is serious about community consultation when the expert panel is
holding sessions in only five of the state's nine regions?
(2) Given only
three of 13 panel members fronted the hearing in Geraldton on Monday, will he
direct the panel to visit at least each region outside Perth?
ON VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING — REGIONAL CONSULTATION
296. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Health:
I refer to public consultations by
the Ministerial Expert Panel on Voluntary Assisted Dying and the minister's
statement this morning, ''We are committed to hearing from the regions.''
(1) Given that I have
to attend a panel session in Joondalup tomorrow because none is being held in
my electorate, can the minister assure regional Western Australians that his
government is serious about community consultation when the expert panel is
holding sessions in only five of the state's nine regions?
(2) Given only
three of 13 panel members fronted the hearing in Geraldton on Monday, will he
direct the panel to visit at least each region outside Perth?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2) I
will refer back to the ministerial statement from earlier this morning. I can
confirm that regional consultations have commenced in Kalgoorlie, Geraldton,
Broome, Bunbury and Mandurah, for those who consider Mandurah to be a regional
area. Consultation is occurring in regional areas. It is important that we take
the opportunity to consult as widely as possible. I accept the premise of the
member's question. That is why I am in discussions with the Leader of
the Nationals WA. We have talked about using the community resource centre
network as a way of holding consultations throughout not only the member's
electorate but also a number of areas, so that people in regional Western Australia
have the opportunity to participate in this really important debate. I commend
the member for the question. He was not to know that I had been having
discussions with the Leader of the Nationals on this. We are working on how we
can augment that consultation process to ensure that everyone will have the
opportunity to be involved, even if, by necessity, it is by virtual
consultation.
will refer back to the ministerial statement from earlier this morning. I can
confirm that regional consultations have commenced in Kalgoorlie, Geraldton,
Broome, Bunbury and Mandurah, for those who consider Mandurah to be a regional
area. Consultation is occurring in regional areas. It is important that we take
the opportunity to consult as widely as possible. I accept the premise of the
member's question. That is why I am in discussions with the Leader of
the Nationals WA. We have talked about using the community resource centre
network as a way of holding consultations throughout not only the member's
electorate but also a number of areas, so that people in regional Western Australia
have the opportunity to participate in this really important debate. I commend
the member for the question. He was not to know that I had been having
discussions with the Leader of the Nationals on this. We are working on how we
can augment that consultation process to ensure that everyone will have the
opportunity to be involved, even if, by necessity, it is by virtual
consultation.
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