Hon ALISON XAMON to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to the answer to my question on notice 3026 regarding Aboriginal health and mental health care workers.
(1) On which dates were each of the filled positions created?
(2) On which dates were each of the vacant positions created?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1) The Aboriginal health care worker position at Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison was created on 22 November 2017. The Aboriginal mental health care worker position at Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison was created on 16 May 2018.
(2) The Aboriginal health care worker position at Melaleuca Women’s Prison was created on 1 July 2020. The three Aboriginal mental health care worker positions at Casuarina Prison were created on 16 June 2020, and the one Aboriginal mental health care worker position at Melaleuca Women’s Prison was created on 1 July 2020.