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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 36 asked in the Legislative Council on 16 February 2022 by Hon Neil Thomson

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

CRIME GANGS — SOCIAL MEDIA — KIMBERLEY

36. Hon NEIL THOMSON to the minister representing the Minister for Police:

I refer to the minister's claim on ABC 720 Mornings on 14 February that they had been pleading with the Minister for Communications about the use of social media for crime gangs in the Kimberley.

(1) What date did the minister first formally write to the Minister for Communications?

(2) Has the Minister for Police spoken to the federal Minister for Communications pleading for assistance?

(3) If not, given the urgency, why not?

(4) At what date was the minister first advised by senior police officers that there was a problem with social media and crime in the Kimberley?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Police. The minister did not make the statement claimed by the member.

(1) It was on 4 February 2022.

(2)–(3) The Minister for Police formally wrote to the commonwealth Minister for Communications requesting he investigate any legislative authority he might employee to address the use of social media platforms by criminals.

(4) It was December 2021.