Access To Justice

3158.  Hon Alison Xamon to the Leader of the House representing the Attorney General:

I refer to Recommendation 5-3 of the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) 2017 Report 131 into elder abuse, and I ask:

(a)  has the McGowan Government taken steps to harmonise its powers of attorney legislation with other States and Territories;

(b)  if yes to (a):

(i)  what steps have been taken; and

1045. Hon ALISON XAMON to the minister representing the Minister for Police:

I refer to the WAtoday article of 14 September 2020, “Scores of WA sex assault victims will never be heard after lost emails were deleted, WA Police confirms”.

(1)  Is the article’s claim that Ms Callanan was lied to by police, who told her the email address on the website had always been correct, true?

(2)  If yes to (1), has any action been taken against the WA Police Force staff who —