Law and Order

YOUTH JUSTICE SERVICES

365. Hon ALISON XAMON to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:

(1)  Does the minister still intend to move Youth Justice Services from the Department of Justice to the Department of Communities?

(2)  If yes to (1), why?

(3)  If yes to (1), when?

(4)  If no to (1), why not?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

POLICE — SUSPECTED SUICIDE DEATHS — NEXT-OF-KIN NOTIFICATION

1057. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Police:

I refer to police procedure regarding the notification of next of kin following a suspected suicide death, and I ask:

(a)  are police able to advise next of kin/family members that they suspect a death may be suicide;

(b)  if no to (a):

(i)  why not; and

(ii)  will the Minister make the necessary changes to enable police to do so;

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