Australian Human Rights Commission Current issues and good practices in prison management, 16 November 2023 action to designate an NPM.163 This recommendation was again repeated in the Yoorook Justice Report (Victoria) in August 2023.164 102. On 23 May 2023, the Queensland Attorney-General stated that the Queensland government continues to work with the Commonwealth government to ensure there is ongoing and sufficient funding for NPMs to function effectively. Resourcing is important for effective NPM implementation … I note that funding for NPMs remains an outstanding issue for most jurisdictions and that Victoria and New South Wales are also yet to nominate NPMs.165 103. In September 2023, the Australian National Preventive Mechanism urged the Queensland Government ‘to nominate an NPM to support Australia to meet its international obligations, and help fulfil the domestic element of the visit system created by OPCAT’.166 104. In July 2023, the Australian Government stated that it is continuing to engage with New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, and ‘also continuing to work transparently and cooperatively with the Subcommittee to meet Australia’s OPCAT obligations’.167 In the same month, the Australian National Preventive Mechanism stated that funding issues remain a key barrier to most Australian NPM bodies properly performing their functions. Some Australian governments have suggested that it is the Australian Government’s responsibility to fully fund NPM bodies and that those states yet to nominate an NPM will not do so without full funding from the Australian Government.168 105. In September 2023, Commission of Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse recommended the Tasmanian Government appoint a child specific NPM in addition to the Tasmanian Inspector of Custodial Services (the current NPM for Tasmania).169 The Commission of Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse noted ‘that there would be considerable benefit in the Tasmanian Government appointing another National Preventive Mechanism with expertise in children and young people to focus on examining facilities where children and young people are detained’.170 106. Also in September 2023, the Disability Royal Commission made several recommendations on OPCAT ranging from enacting federal legislation, widening the definition of ‘place of detention and providing adequate resourcing to NPMs and creating disability informed NPMs.171 107. Many of the already designated NPM’s responsible for oversight of prisons and youth detention have repeatedly noted they face significant challenges 22