Andrew Bartlett (Queensland, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

I have a supplementary question. Minister, with regard to the various actions you have outlined, does that constitute a national strategy for dealing with child sexual assault or is the government planning to develop one? Secondly, I ask for a specific response—if not now, then when you can bring it back to the chamber—to my question about whether the government will reconsider the unanimous recommendations of the Senate committee regarding this issue, including the establishment of a national commissioner for children.

Finally, can the minister indicate what other measures he will take with regard to non-Aboriginal people who are involved in child sexual assault? The report makes it clear, on pages 59 and 63 amongst others, that this includes offences perpetrated by non-Aboriginal people on Aboriginal children. Indeed, child sexual assault occurs at totally unacceptable levels in other parts of the community as well.