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Reviews

We are going to keep children and young people safe. As part of the process of improving safety, the Government has organised independent reviews to leave no stone unturned. These reviews will improve our systems and processes and make sure people are responsible for their actions.

These reviews are not run by the Department of Premier and Cabinet or the Tasmanian State Service. The Government is not involved in these processes.

Current reviews

The Attorney-General, the Hon Guy Barnett, has asked the Tasmania Law Reform Institute to look at how the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1995 (Tas) and the Evidence Act 2001 (Tas) section 194K work.

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The Tatarka Review looks at whether there are appropriate grounds to require any Public Officers - whose legal assistance during the Commission of Inquiry was paid for by the Crown - to reimburse the Crown for reasonable costs and expenses. This review is being run by Victorian Barrister Mr Sam Tatarka OAM.

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Independent Review into legal assistance provided to state servants | Department of Justice

The Premier, the Hon Jeremy Rockliff, launched two reviews in November 2023.

The Woolcott Review looks at the actions of government agencies, their impacts, resources and responses to information and concerns raised by the Commission. This review is being run by former Australian Public Service Commissioner Peter Woolcott AO.

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Personal Information Protection Act exemption

The Attorney-General has approved an exemption under the Personal Information Protection Act 2004 to enable information to be provided to the Independent Reviewer. For more details, please see the Government Gazette 5 June 2024

While formal submissions have now closed, the Review can be contacted on a confidential basis by writing to [email protected].

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Read the latest Woolcott Review progress report on the Parliament of Tasmania website.

Completed reviews

The Police Commissioner, Donna Adams APM, asked Regina Weiss to look into former police officer, Paul Reynolds, and allegations of child sexual abuse by any other police officer. The final report of the Weiss Independent Review into former police officer Paul Reynolds was released in July 2024.

Read the Weiss Review on the Tasmania Police website.

The Blake Review looked at the actions of Heads of Agency and whether their conduct breached the Tasmanian State Service Code of Conduct. This review was run by former Tasmanian Auditor-General Mike Blake AM. The final report of the Blake Review was released in March 2024.

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The Child Safe Governance Review looked at the management of the Launceston General Hospital and Human Resources, with a focus on the handling of serious misconduct such as institutional child sexual abuse. The final report was submitted in December 2022.

Read more about the Child Safe Governance Review, including the Independent Report, on the Department of Health website

The Independent Inquiry into the Tasmanian Department of Education’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse looked at the Department’s past and present systems related to preventing and responding to child sexual abuse (including things like legislation, regulatory system, policies, guidelines, and protocols). The reviewers, Professor Smallbone and Professor McCormack, released the recommendations in June 2021.

Read the recommendations on the Department for Education, Children and Young People website.

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