Kim Farrington¹, Rosie Stroud¹

¹Sexual Assault Resource Centre, Women and Newborn Health Service, West Australia

West Australia was one of the first states to introduce early evidence collection as standard practice.  Interest from the West Australian mining industry in early evidence collection on remote mine sites led to a two year review of the process for collecting this evidence in West Australia which resulted in significant changes. The results have  enabled the expansion of the scope for evidence collection beyond police and Emergency Department staff.  Changes focussed on forensic considerations and chain of custody, making the process trauma-informed as well as limiting unnecessary waste.