❓ Mr. Johnson questions the Premier about the increase in Aboriginal incarceration rates in WA, citing ABS data. The Premier attributes the increase to policy changes and increased protection for Aboriginal people, while also deflecting blame to the previous government.
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ABORIGINAL PRISONERS - AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS FIGURES
According to official Australian Bureau of Statistics data, the number of Aboriginal people imprisoned in Western Australia has soared from 1 003 in 2001 to 1 400 last year. (1) Why does Western Australia now have the highest rate of Aboriginal incarceration in the country? (2) Why has the percentage of Aboriginal people in the jail population soared under the Premier’s government? (3) Does this make a mockery of the Premier’s disappointingly shallow ideas statement in the house today? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
According to official Australian Bureau of Statistics data, the number of Aboriginal people imprisoned in Western Australia has soared from 1 003 in 2001 to 1 400 last year. (1) Why does Western Australia now have the highest rate of Aboriginal incarceration in the country? (2) Why has the percentage of Aboriginal people in the jail population soared under the Premier’s government? (3) Does this make a mockery of the Premier’s disappointingly shallow ideas statement in the house today? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for Hillarys for the question. (1)-(3) There are a couple of points to be made here. First, I find it unfortunate that Western Australia has a very high incarceration rate, which is why I am very keen to ensure that we do something about it that addresses the root cause of the issue. I believe the answer to this question and other propositions that the member has been putting was provided to him in large part by the Commissioner of Police himself when, as I said yesterday, he deconstructed the member’s analysis and presented the true picture. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, he didn’t. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He did. He presented the true analysis, which is this - Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
(1) Why does Western Australia now have the highest rate of Aboriginal incarceration in the country? (2) Why has the percentage of Aboriginal people in the jail population soared under the Premier’s government? (3) Does this make a mockery of the Premier’s disappointingly shallow ideas statement in the house today? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Hillarys for the question. (1)-(3) There are a couple of points to be made here. First, I find it unfortunate that Western Australia has a very high incarceration rate, which is why I am very keen to ensure that we do something about it that addresses the root cause of the issue. I believe the answer to this question and other propositions that the member has been putting was provided to him in large part by the Commissioner of Police himself when, as I said yesterday, he deconstructed the member’s analysis and presented the true picture. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, he didn’t. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He did. He presented the true analysis, which is this - Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
(2) Why has the percentage of Aboriginal people in the jail population soared under the Premier’s government? (3) Does this make a mockery of the Premier’s disappointingly shallow ideas statement in the house today? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Hillarys for the question. (1)-(3) There are a couple of points to be made here. First, I find it unfortunate that Western Australia has a very high incarceration rate, which is why I am very keen to ensure that we do something about it that addresses the root cause of the issue. I believe the answer to this question and other propositions that the member has been putting was provided to him in large part by the Commissioner of Police himself when, as I said yesterday, he deconstructed the member’s analysis and presented the true picture. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, he didn’t. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He did. He presented the true analysis, which is this - Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
(3) Does this make a mockery of the Premier’s disappointingly shallow ideas statement in the house today? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Hillarys for the question. (1)-(3) There are a couple of points to be made here. First, I find it unfortunate that Western Australia has a very high incarceration rate, which is why I am very keen to ensure that we do something about it that addresses the root cause of the issue. I believe the answer to this question and other propositions that the member has been putting was provided to him in large part by the Commissioner of Police himself when, as I said yesterday, he deconstructed the member’s analysis and presented the true picture. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, he didn’t. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He did. He presented the true analysis, which is this - Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Hillarys for the question. (1)-(3) There are a couple of points to be made here. First, I find it unfortunate that Western Australia has a very high incarceration rate, which is why I am very keen to ensure that we do something about it that addresses the root cause of the issue. I believe the answer to this question and other propositions that the member has been putting was provided to him in large part by the Commissioner of Police himself when, as I said yesterday, he deconstructed the member’s analysis and presented the true picture. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, he didn’t. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He did. He presented the true analysis, which is this - Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
I thank the member for Hillarys for the question. (1)-(3) There are a couple of points to be made here. First, I find it unfortunate that Western Australia has a very high incarceration rate, which is why I am very keen to ensure that we do something about it that addresses the root cause of the issue. I believe the answer to this question and other propositions that the member has been putting was provided to him in large part by the Commissioner of Police himself when, as I said yesterday, he deconstructed the member’s analysis and presented the true picture. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, he didn’t. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He did. He presented the true analysis, which is this - Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
(1)-(3) There are a couple of points to be made here. First, I find it unfortunate that Western Australia has a very high incarceration rate, which is why I am very keen to ensure that we do something about it that addresses the root cause of the issue. I believe the answer to this question and other propositions that the member has been putting was provided to him in large part by the Commissioner of Police himself when, as I said yesterday, he deconstructed the member’s analysis and presented the true picture. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, he didn’t. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He did. He presented the true analysis, which is this - Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
Mr R.F. Johnson : No, he didn’t. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He did. He presented the true analysis, which is this - Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He did. He presented the true analysis, which is this - Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
(1) Why does Western Australia now have the highest rate of Aboriginal incarceration in the country? (2) Why has the percentage of Aboriginal people in the jail population soared under the Premier’s government? (3) Does this make a mockery of the Premier’s disappointingly shallow ideas statement in the house today? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Hillarys for the question. (1)-(3) There are a couple of points to be made here. First, I find it unfortunate that Western Australia has a very high incarceration rate, which is why I am very keen to ensure that we do something about it that addresses the root cause of the issue. I believe the answer to this question and other propositions that the member has been putting was provided to him in large part by the Commissioner of Police himself when, as I said yesterday, he deconstructed the member’s analysis and presented the true picture. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, he didn’t. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He did. He presented the true analysis, which is this - Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
(2) Why has the percentage of Aboriginal people in the jail population soared under the Premier’s government? (3) Does this make a mockery of the Premier’s disappointingly shallow ideas statement in the house today? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Hillarys for the question. (1)-(3) There are a couple of points to be made here. First, I find it unfortunate that Western Australia has a very high incarceration rate, which is why I am very keen to ensure that we do something about it that addresses the root cause of the issue. I believe the answer to this question and other propositions that the member has been putting was provided to him in large part by the Commissioner of Police himself when, as I said yesterday, he deconstructed the member’s analysis and presented the true picture. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, he didn’t. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He did. He presented the true analysis, which is this - Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
(3) Does this make a mockery of the Premier’s disappointingly shallow ideas statement in the house today? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Hillarys for the question. (1)-(3) There are a couple of points to be made here. First, I find it unfortunate that Western Australia has a very high incarceration rate, which is why I am very keen to ensure that we do something about it that addresses the root cause of the issue. I believe the answer to this question and other propositions that the member has been putting was provided to him in large part by the Commissioner of Police himself when, as I said yesterday, he deconstructed the member’s analysis and presented the true picture. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, he didn’t. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He did. He presented the true analysis, which is this - Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Hillarys for the question. (1)-(3) There are a couple of points to be made here. First, I find it unfortunate that Western Australia has a very high incarceration rate, which is why I am very keen to ensure that we do something about it that addresses the root cause of the issue. I believe the answer to this question and other propositions that the member has been putting was provided to him in large part by the Commissioner of Police himself when, as I said yesterday, he deconstructed the member’s analysis and presented the true picture. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, he didn’t. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He did. He presented the true analysis, which is this - Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
I thank the member for Hillarys for the question. (1)-(3) There are a couple of points to be made here. First, I find it unfortunate that Western Australia has a very high incarceration rate, which is why I am very keen to ensure that we do something about it that addresses the root cause of the issue. I believe the answer to this question and other propositions that the member has been putting was provided to him in large part by the Commissioner of Police himself when, as I said yesterday, he deconstructed the member’s analysis and presented the true picture. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, he didn’t. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He did. He presented the true analysis, which is this - Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
(1)-(3) There are a couple of points to be made here. First, I find it unfortunate that Western Australia has a very high incarceration rate, which is why I am very keen to ensure that we do something about it that addresses the root cause of the issue. I believe the answer to this question and other propositions that the member has been putting was provided to him in large part by the Commissioner of Police himself when, as I said yesterday, he deconstructed the member’s analysis and presented the true picture. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, he didn’t. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He did. He presented the true analysis, which is this - Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
Mr R.F. Johnson : No, he didn’t. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He did. He presented the true analysis, which is this - Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He did. He presented the true analysis, which is this - Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
Mr R.F. Johnson : Will you table in the house the statistics he produced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He said that there had been a change of policy from about 2004. While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
While the previous coalition government was in office, a range of crimes were perpetrated against Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people about which the coalition government did nothing. That has changed. We are offering Aboriginal women and children full protection of the law. That will have an impact. We have established eight police stations in remote Aboriginal communities to deal with issues that the previous coalition government sought to brush under the carpet. Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
Mr R.F. Johnson : No. When are you going to stop blaming the previous government or the federal government? When are you going to take responsibility for your government over the past seven years, because they are the figures I showed you? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : If the member for Hillarys had listened to what I said this morning instead of making silly interjections, he would have understood perfectly well the basis for these changes.
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