Question - Aborginal and Torres Strait Islanders

Question

Number
98
Subject
Aborginal and Torres Strait Islanders
(children and young people commissioner)
Asked by
Kikkert, Elizabeth
Directed to
Minister for Human Rights
Question asked on
12 February 2021
Answer due on
14 March 2021
Question asked

(1)          What is the ACT Government’s specific timeframe for successfully appointing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Commissioner, given that in the 2020 Portfolio Brief the Minister for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety states that, ‘we anticipate that the new Commissioner could be in place within two years’.

(2)          What is the Government’s step-by-step plan for making sure that this appointment can be made within the timeframe referred to in part (1).

(3)          Which of the steps referred to in part (2) have been completed so far.

(4)          When did work on making this appointment begin given that this recommendation was made by the Our Booris, Our Way Steering Committee in December 2018.