CEDUNA TRANSITIONAL ACCOMMODATION CENTRE

In reply to Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (9 June 2011) (First Session).

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety, Minister for Multicultural Affairs): The Minister for Social Housing has been advised:

As at 12 January 2012, no deaths have occurred at the Wangka Willurrara Transitional Accommodation Centre (WWTAC) since it opened in September 2003.

The recent Coronial Inquest into six deaths of Aboriginal people that have occurred since the WWTAC opened confirms that these deaths did not occur at the WWTAC facility.

The findings of the Coroner's investigation were delivered on 4 November 2011. In his findings, the Coroner did not attribute any responsibility to the WWTAC facility and specifically recommended 'that the WWTAC facility continue to be maintained as an accommodation centre for transient Aboriginal persons'.