❓ Hon Michelle Boylan requests data on convictions under Criminal Code section 320(2) (sexual penetration of a child) from 2020-2024. The Attorney General provides a table detailing convictions across Children's, District, and Supreme Courts.
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I refer to section 320(2) of the Criminal Code (page 227), relating to imprisonment of a person who sexually penetrates a child, and I ask: (a) can the Minister table the number of convictions recorded for this offence for the following years: (i) 2020; (ii) 2021; (iii) 2022; (iv) 2023; and (v) 2024?
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Answered
14 October 2025
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney General
Response time
9 days
(a)
(i) to (v). Refer to Table 1 below.
Table 1 – Number of convictions recorded for charges under section 320(2) of the Criminal Code between 2020 and 2024
Year
Children's Court
District Court
Supreme Court
Total
2020
5
184
189
2021
11
113
124
2022
9
133
10
152
2023
59
136
195
2024
20
142
162
Total
104
708
10
822
Counting Rules:
(i) to (v). Refer to Table 1 below.
Table 1 – Number of convictions recorded for charges under section 320(2) of the Criminal Code between 2020 and 2024
Year
Children's Court
District Court
Supreme Court
Total
2020
5
184
189
2021
11
113
124
2022
9
133
10
152
2023
59
136
195
2024
20
142
162
Total
104
708
10
822
Counting Rules:
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