Ms. Mettam asks the Attorney General about the acceptable timeframe for a grieving family to receive answers regarding their daughter's death, specifically related to a coronial inquest. The Attorney General outlines ongoing investigations and a prior review by the Chief Psychiatrist.

AnsweredQoN 823Legislative Assembly
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23 November 2021
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KATE SAVAGE — CORONIAL INQUEST
823. Ms L. METTAM to the Attorney General:
I have a supplementary question.
What time frame is acceptable for a grieving family to wait for answers to how
and why their daughter died?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please! The Attorney General is
the only one we need an answer from.

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I will not foreshadow the inquiries
that are being undertaken by expert witnesses and I will not detail who those
expert witnesses are, but there is a very thorough investigation into the
circumstances leading to KS's tragic death. Also, in the meantime,
there has been a review of the circumstances leading up to KS's death
by the Office of the Chief Psychiatrist,
who, as the member knows, in December last year published a 59-page report on
the circumstances leading to it.

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