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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 424 asked in the Legislative Council on 5 August 2021 by Hon Nick Goiran

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

CRIMINAL PROPERTY CONFISCATION ACT — MARTIN REVIEW — RECOMMENDATIONS

424. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the parliamentary secretary representing the Attorney General:

I refer to the Martin report of May 2019 on the Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000 and the Attorney General's statement reported on 5 December 2019 that the government will consider the recommendations made in the report.

(1) Has the government implemented any of the report's recommendations?

(2) If yes to (1), when?

(3) Are there any of the report's recommendations that the government does not intend to implement?

(4) If yes to (3), which ones?

(5) Will the Attorney General table the most recent briefing note or similar document he has received on the government's implementation of the report's recommendations?

Hon MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied:

I thank the member for some notice of the question. I provide the following response on behalf of the Attorney General.

(1)–(5) The overarching recommendation of the Martin review was for the government to consider repealing the Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000 and replacing it with a completely new act. There were more than 60 other recommendations. The recommendations in the Martin review remain under detailed consideration by the government, noting that the criminal property confiscation scheme is complex and any reform, should it be pursued, would be a large body of work. Cabinet is yet to consider the recommendations of the Martin review.