❓ Hon Michael Mischin asks the Attorney General about the progress of several law reform initiatives promised during the 2017 election. The Attorney General requests the question be placed on notice due to the detail required and short timeframe.
AnsweredQoN 1259Legislative Council
Asked
29 October 2019
Member
Portfolio
Leader of the House representing the Attorney General
QuestionView source ↗
LAW REFORM —
PROGRESS
1259. Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN to the Leader of the House
representing the Attorney General:
I refer to the ''Law Reform
Initiatives'', announced as Labor election commitments in January 2017.
In respect of each of the following: on what date did the Attorney General
issue instructions to initiate it; its progress and current status; and, to the
extent that legislation is necessary, when the bill will be introduced into
Parliament —
(a) the BOCSAR, or Bureau of Crime Statistics and
Research, in partnership with a Western Australian university;
(b) the Law
Reform Commission's review of ''enforcement schemes from around
Australia'' to ''advise on best practice'';
(c) the
sentencing database ''that will provide comprehensive data of all
sentences''; and
(d) the
amendments to the Director of Public Prosecutions legislation to require the
Director of Public Prosecutions to report annually to a standing committee of
Parliament and appear and explain the rationale for decisions not to prosecute,
to discontinue prosecutions, to accept pleas to lesser charges, and not to
appeal?
PROGRESS
1259. Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN to the Leader of the House
representing the Attorney General:
I refer to the ''Law Reform
Initiatives'', announced as Labor election commitments in January 2017.
In respect of each of the following: on what date did the Attorney General
issue instructions to initiate it; its progress and current status; and, to the
extent that legislation is necessary, when the bill will be introduced into
Parliament —
(a) the BOCSAR, or Bureau of Crime Statistics and
Research, in partnership with a Western Australian university;
(b) the Law
Reform Commission's review of ''enforcement schemes from around
Australia'' to ''advise on best practice'';
(c) the
sentencing database ''that will provide comprehensive data of all
sentences''; and
(d) the
amendments to the Director of Public Prosecutions legislation to require the
Director of Public Prosecutions to report annually to a standing committee of
Parliament and appear and explain the rationale for decisions not to prosecute,
to discontinue prosecutions, to accept pleas to lesser charges, and not to
appeal?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
Due
to the detail requested and the short time frame, the Attorney General requests
that this question be placed on notice.
some notice of the question.
Due
to the detail requested and the short time frame, the Attorney General requests
that this question be placed on notice.
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