Mr Katsambanis asks about the application of the Graffiti Vandalism Act 2016, specifically regarding community based orders, clean-up orders, and banning orders on public transport. The Attorney General provides data on the first two, and the Minister for Transport clarifies that banning orders are not issued by courts and the number of cases is 0.

AnsweredQoN 6468Legislative Assembly
Asked
8 October 2020
Portfolio
Attorney General; Minister for Commerce

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I refer to the Graffiti Vandalism Act 2016 and ask: (a) for each of the past four years how many
community based orders have been issued; (b) for each of the past four years how many
instances have the Courts imposed a clean-up order; and (c) for each of the past four years how many times
has a banning order been issued to a serial offender preventing them from further
carriage on public transport?

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Answered
12 November 2020
Response time
12 days
(a) 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017: 75
1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018: 204
1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019: 312
1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020: 168
(b) 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017: 52
1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018: 66
1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019: 270
1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020: 54
(c) Prohibition orders are provided for under section 64A of the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 (WA) and made by the CEO Transport. They are not made in a Court. The Minister for Transport has indicated that the number of cases is 0.

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