The Justice and Community Safety Directorate has launched a public consultation program on the success or otherwise of changes made to the Territory’s arrangements for protecting the rights of the ACT community.
The changes of particular interest are the 2016 expansion of the ACT Human Rights Commission to include the Public Advocate, Victims of Crime Commissioner and Victim Support ACT and merging the functions of the Public Trustee and Public Guardian into the single Public Trustee and Guardian for the ACT (PTG).
In a statement, the PTG said the legislation that set up the changes provided they be reviewed as soon as practicable.
“An independent review has now commenced and public consultation on the review is open until 23 September 2020,” the PTG said.
It said the review was interested in hearing people’s views on the current model of the Agencies; how the Agencies worked with others in the community; the efficiency and effectiveness of Agency complaints handling and service delivery; opportunities to improve knowledge and understanding of the work of the Agencies do and the services they provide; and how to improve service user and stakeholder experiences.
“The review will also consider a recommendation from the Our Booris Our Way report, that an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Commissioner be established in the ACT,” it said.
The PTG said interested people could have their say by participating in a survey on the Justice and Community Safety Directorate’s Protection of Rights Review website.
Further information, including access to the survey, can be found at this PS News link.
