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.