Select Committee on the coronial jurisdiction in New South Wales

The Select Committee was established on 6 May 2021 to inquire into and report on the coronial jurisdiction in New South Wales.

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Minutes No. 83, Legislative Council, Thursday 6 May 2021, pp. 2135 – 2136.

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Date	Milestone
06 May 2021	Referred
11 Jul 2021	Submissions closed
29 Sep 2021	Hearing - Virtual hearing, Video conference, Sydney
30 Nov 2021	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
31 Jan 2022	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
29 Apr 2022	Final Report
31 Oct 2022	Government Response to Final Report due
31 Oct 2022	Government Response to Final Report

No. 1 Magistrates Court of Tasmania
No. 2 Mr Robert Knight
No. 3 Mr Terry Flanders
No. 4 Ms Jennifer Saunders
No. 5 MIGA
No. 6 Australian Lawyers Alliance
No. 7 Associate Professor Laura Grenfell, Associate Professor Julie Debeljak, and Dr Anita Mackay
No. 8 Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW
No. 9 The Law Society of New South Wales
No. 10 Mr Robert Wade
No. 10a Mr Robert Wade
No. 10b Mr Robert Wade
No. 10c Mr Robert Wade
No. 11 Mrs Leesa Topic
No. 12 Justice Action
No. 13 Coroners Court of Queensland
No. 14 Adjunct Professor Hugh Dillon
No. 14a Adjunct Professor Hugh Dillon
No. 15 Mr Mark Leveson
No. 16 Mary Jerram AM
No. 17 New South Wales Bar Association
No. 18 NSW Government
No. 19 Police Association of NSW
No. 20 Confidential
No. 21 Confidential
No. 21a Confidential
No. 22 Lynda Newnam
No. 23 Public Interest Advocacy Centre
No. 24 Name suppressed
No. 25 Associate Professor Megan Williams
No. 26 Confidential
No. 27 National Justice Project
No. 28 Adjunct Professor George Newhouse
No. 29 Support After Murder Inc.
No. 30 The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)
No. 31 Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education and Research, Research Unit
No. 32 Elizabeh Jarrett
No. 33 Katie Lowe
No. 34 New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council
No. 35 Australian Medical Association (NSW) Limited
No. 36 Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT)
No. 37 Independent Bushfire Group
No. 38 Deadly Connections Community & Justice Services Inc
No. 39 Gilbert and Tobin
No. 40 Tracy Mackander
No. 41 Commissioner Michael Barnes
No. 42 Confidential
No. 43 Name suppressed
No. 44 Susan Slatcher
No. 45 Mark McKenzie
No. 46 Legal Aid Commission of New South Wales
No. 47 Confidential
No. 48 Lindsay McCabe
No. 49 Anglican Community Services (trading as Anglicare)
No. 50 Confidential
No. 51 New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association
No. 52 CFMEU Construction and General Division NSW Branch
No. 53 Transport Workers' Union of NSW
No. 54 CFMEU Mining & Energy Union Division, NSW Branch
No. 55 Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union (NSW Branch)
No. 56 Noeline Bridge
No. 57 Public Service Association of New South Wales
No. 58 Jacci Quinlivan
No. 59 New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies Ltd
No. 60 Domestic Violence NSW
No. 61 Australian Federation of Islamic Councils
No. 62 Ethnic Communities' Council of NSW
No. 63 Confidential
No. 64 AASHA Australia Foundation
No. 65 Tripoli and Mena Association
No. 66 Dr Rebecca Scott Bray

Date	Venue Details
29/09/2021	Virtual hearing, Video conference, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
30/11/2021	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
31/01/2022	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Coronial jurisdiction in New South Wales	2022-10-31
31/10/2022	Government response - Report No 1 - Select Committee on the coronial jurisdiction in New South Wales	31/10/2022
29/04/2022	Report No 1 - Select Committee on the coronial jurisdiction in New South Wales	29/04/2022	Due 31/10/2022

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2022-04-29	29/04/2022	Media Release	Report to be tabled
2022-04-18	18/04/2022	Correspondence	18 November 2022: Letter from the Hon Mark Speakman, Attorney General – Regarding statutory review of the Coroners Act 2009 (NSW)
2022-04-13	13/04/2022	Correspondence	Correspondence from Ms Louise Blazejowska, Director, Programs Specialist Courts and Judicial Support Courts Tribunals and Service Delivery, Department of Communities and Justice, to secretariat, dated 13 April 2022
2022-03-24	24/03/2022	Correspondence	5 April 2022: Letter from NSW State Coroner, Magistrate Teresa O'Sullivan, to Chair
2022-03-17	17/03/2022	Correspondence	Correspondence from Paul Miller, NSW Ombudsman to Chair – NSW Child Death Review Team
2022-03-03	03/03/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Mitch Wright, Transport Workers Union of NSW - Answers to Questions on Notice
2022-02-11	11/02/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Department of Communities and Justice - Answers to questions on notice
2022-02-11	11/02/2022	Correspondence	Department of Communities and Justice - Response to questions regarding the NSW coronial jurisdiction
2022-01-27	27/01/2022	Media Release	Third hearing
2022-01-27	27/01/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Aboriginal Legal Service NSW-ACT - Answers to questions on notice
2022-01-10	10/01/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Health - Answers to Questions on Notice
2021-12-29	29/12/2021	Correspondence	Correspondence from Independent Bushfire Group – Further information to the Select Committee Inquiry into Coronial Jurisdiction in NSW – 29 December 2021
2021-12-17	17/12/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Jonathon Hunyor, Public Interest Advocacy Centre - Answers to Questions on Notice
2021-12-17	17/12/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Police - Answers to Questions on Notice
2021-12-09	09/12/2021	Correspondence	Letter from NSW State Coroner, Magistrate O'Sullivan, to Hon Adam Searle MLC, Chair – Public hearing – 9 December 2021
2021-12-03	03/12/2021	Correspondence	Letter from NSW State Coroner, Magistrate O'Sullivan, to Hon Adam Searle MLC, Chair – Public hearing – 3 December 2021
2021-11-26	26/11/2021	Correspondence	Correspondence from Hon Mark Speakman, Attorney General, and Hon Brad Hazzard, Minister for Health and Medical Research – Improving the Timeliness of Coronial Procedures Taskforce Report
2021-11-25	25/11/2021	Media Release	Second public hearing
2021-11-11	11/11/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Bar Association - Answers to Questions on Notice
2021-10-28	28/10/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research - Answers to Questions on Notice
2021-09-29	29/09/2021	Tabled Document	Sad news, Sorry business: Guidelines for caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through death and dying - Queensland Health
2021-09-29	29/09/2021	Tabled Document	State Coroner's Guidelines Qld 2013 Chapter 2
2021-09-29	29/09/2021	Tabled Document	Coroners Court of Queensland Findings of Inquest - Inquest into the death of Master Carr and Jaylen
2021-09-27	27/09/2021	Media Release	First virtual public hearing
2021-09-13	13/09/2021	Other	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families in Australian Coroners Courts: A review of the research literature on improving court experiences.
2021-05-13	13/05/2021	Media Release	Submissions open for the Inquiry into the Coronial Jurisdiction in NSW

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