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The progress report has informed the development of the new woodlands conservation strategy that will guide the protection, restoration and management of our precious woodlands for the next 10 years. The new draft strategy and action plans will be released for public consultation in the coming months. I look forward to a future where our woodlands are celebrated because of their contribution to nature conservation locally and globally and because their management reflects the deep connection our traditional custodians have to our landscape and its management. In closing, I present the following papers:

Woodlands Conservation Strategy—

Progress Report—Ministerial Statement, 19 March 2019.

Woodlands for Wildlife—ACT Lowland Woodlands Conservation Strategy—Progress Report 2018.

I want to place on the record my thanks to the dedicated, hardworking staff within the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate, including our parks and conservation service. Without their passion and commitment, we would not have the bush capital that Canberrans are so proud of. I move:

That the Assembly take note of the papers.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Alexander Maconochie Centre—report of a review of a critical incident—government response

Ministerial statement

MR RATTENBURY (Kurrajong—Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Minister for Corrections and Justice Health, Minister for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety and Minister for Mental Health) (3:43): I welcome the Inspector of Correctional Services’ first report, a report of a review of a critical incident, assault of a detainee in the Alexander Maconochie Centre on 23 May 2018 that was provided to the Speaker on 22 October 2018.

This report is the first critical incident review tabled in the Legislative Assembly since the commencement of the inspector function. The review was conducted on the inspector’s own initiative following notification of an assault of an Indigenous male detainee at the AMC and his subsequent hospitalisation on 23 May 2018. The detainee was treated for minor injuries and was subsequently returned to the AMC. ACT Corrective Services duly reported the incident to ACT Policing for investigation.

Establishing an Inspector of Correctional Services was a commitment of the government in response to recommendation 8 of the Moss review following the death in custody of Steven Freeman at the AMC in 2016. The Moss review recognised that effective independent oversight is vitally important to maintain public confidence in our correctional system.


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