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Yes, when appropriate to do so.

Recommendations have been made to Commonwealth Agencies, however, there is no formal mandate for them to respond or comply. There is no formal process to date to track these recommendations.	Yes, and these a responded to in the same manner as any other public statutory authority or entity.
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1.20How would you describe the efficacy of current systems to report, monitor and follow-up on coronial recommendations to national agencies?	The Team makes recommendations through its Annual Reports which are tabled in NSW Parliament, including recommendations which target national government agencies (for instance, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship in the Team's 2011/12 report, and the Family Court and Federal Circuit Court of Australia in the Team's 2013/15 report.).  The Team has a mandated monitoring function whereby the details of the extent to which its previous recommendations have been accepted and the progress thereof is to form part of the Annual Report.  It is the Team's perspective that this is an efficient process to report, monitor and follow up on all recommendations made by the Team.		N/A		See 1.18.	Recommendations to Commonwealth agencies are rare. State Coroner monitors all responses to recommendations.	There is no formal process to date to track these recommendations.	This occurs very rarely and not recently in relation to family violence.
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1.21What steps, if any, could be taken to improve national reporting and follow-up of coronial recommendations?	The Team's establishing legislation mandates the production of annual reports which set out quantitative and qualitative analysis of domestic violence deaths; thematic commentary and recommendations derived from these analyses; and monitoring of uptake and implementation of previous recommendations.  It is the Team's perspective that the production of such publically available reports is both adequate and appropriate in terms of reporting and following up the Team's recommendations		Resources to support the functioning of the existing ADFVDRN.		See 1.18.	This would best be achieved through NCIS.	Unsure	That national agencies are required to respond to State recommendations directed to them.
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1.22Is there benefit in a uniform, national identification and classification framework for identifying and defining domestic and family violence deaths? Explain any benefits.	There is benefit in developing a common case identification and classification review process to analyse domestic and family violence deaths at a national level. In recognition of this benefit, the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Network was established in 2011 to: Better understand the context and circumstances in which domestic and family violence related deaths occur; Identify practice and systemic changes that may prevent domestic and family violence related deaths or the likelihood of such deaths occurring in the future; Identify, at a National level, risk factors associated with, domestic and family violence related deaths; Identify, collect, analyse and report national data concerning domestic and family violence related deaths; and Analyse and compare domestic and family violence death review findings and recommendations at a National level (Network TOR attached).