Coroner's Court

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:21): My question is to the Attorney-General regarding the Coroner's Court. Are there secrecy provisions that would stop people talking about a death when they are subject to coronial investigation?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (14:21): There are always abilities for orders to be made in relation to what can and can't be published, not just in the Coroner's jurisdiction but in most jurisdictions of judicial and tribunal hearings. I am not sure what provisions for a particular place apply at any given time but certainly there is an ability for either confidentiality or suppression orders in nearly all of our judicial courts and tribunals to be made.