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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 47 asked in the Legislative Council on 16 February 2022 by Hon Neil Thomson

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

YOUTH CRIME — KIMBERLEY

47. Hon NEIL THOMSON to the Leader of the House representing the Premier:

I refer to the Premier's Statement delivered in the Legislative Assembly on 15 February regarding Kimberley youth crime. The Premier announced that the government will be piloting new initiatives aimed at providing on-country sentencing options as an alternative to detention in Perth.

(1) Will these new initiatives be funded from the $2.3 million allocated in 2021–22 to ''a consultation process � to co-design an on-country residential facility and a safe place facility targeted at young people at-risk or involved in the justice system'' as referred to on page 426 of the 2021–22 state budget paper No 2, volume 2?

(2) If no to (1), what is the total new funding allocated to pilot these initiatives?

(3) What is the status of the consultation process mentioned in part (1) and how much of that $2.3 million has been allocated to developing an on-country residential sentencing alternative?

(4) On what date will these pilot programs become available as sentencing alternatives in the Kimberley?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1)–(4) Initiatives foreshadowed in the Premier's Statement will be announced in due course following consultation with the community, stakeholders and relevant agencies.