A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding a person working for the Mawarnkarra Health Service Aboriginal Corporation's Bringing Them Home program who may have a criminal record. The Minister for Health deflects the question, stating the program is Commonwealth funded.

AnsweredQoN 621Legislative Council
Asked
28 August 2007
Portfolio
Health

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MAWARNKARRA HEALTH SERVICE ABORIGINAL CORPORATION - BRINGING THEM HOME PROGRAM
BRINGING THEM HOME PROGRAM
I refer to the Bringing Them Home program for Mawarnkarra Health Service Aboriginal Corporation in Roebourne. (1) Does any person working for the corporation have a criminal record? (2) If yes, was a period of imprisonment imposed and how long was the imprisonment for? (3) What was the substance of the charges that related to the imprisonment and does this person have access to families with children? (4) What position and level does this person hold with the corporation? Hon SUE ELLERY

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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) The Bringing Them Home program is not funded by the Western Australian Department of Health. It is funded and administered by the commonwealth Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. This question should be directed to the commonwealth Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
(1) Does any person working for the corporation have a criminal record? (2) If yes, was a period of imprisonment imposed and how long was the imprisonment for? (3) What was the substance of the charges that related to the imprisonment and does this person have access to families with children? (4) What position and level does this person hold with the corporation? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) The Bringing Them Home program is not funded by the Western Australian Department of Health. It is funded and administered by the commonwealth Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. This question should be directed to the commonwealth Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
(2) If yes, was a period of imprisonment imposed and how long was the imprisonment for? (3) What was the substance of the charges that related to the imprisonment and does this person have access to families with children? (4) What position and level does this person hold with the corporation? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) The Bringing Them Home program is not funded by the Western Australian Department of Health. It is funded and administered by the commonwealth Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. This question should be directed to the commonwealth Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
(3) What was the substance of the charges that related to the imprisonment and does this person have access to families with children? (4) What position and level does this person hold with the corporation? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) The Bringing Them Home program is not funded by the Western Australian Department of Health. It is funded and administered by the commonwealth Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. This question should be directed to the commonwealth Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
(4) What position and level does this person hold with the corporation? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) The Bringing Them Home program is not funded by the Western Australian Department of Health. It is funded and administered by the commonwealth Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. This question should be directed to the commonwealth Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) The Bringing Them Home program is not funded by the Western Australian Department of Health. It is funded and administered by the commonwealth Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. This question should be directed to the commonwealth Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) The Bringing Them Home program is not funded by the Western Australian Department of Health. It is funded and administered by the commonwealth Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. This question should be directed to the commonwealth Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
(1)-(4) The Bringing Them Home program is not funded by the Western Australian Department of Health. It is funded and administered by the commonwealth Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. This question should be directed to the commonwealth Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.

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