❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on government assistance for the film 'Stone Brothers' and its potential screening in prisons. The Attorney General's response indicates no direct assistance was provided, and prison staff review films before prisoner viewing.
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Asked
18 November 2009
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Attorney General; Minister for Corrective Services
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In relation to the Western Australian film ‘Stone Brothers’, funded by the Western Australian Government and addressing Indigenous incarceration and drug use in a humorous, entertaining fashion:
(a) what assistance – be it in kind, financial, manpower, premises, uniforms, etc. - did the Attorney General’s departments provide to the film-makers in the making or publicising of this film; and
(b) will the film be shown within prisons or corrective services premises?
(a) what assistance – be it in kind, financial, manpower, premises, uniforms, etc. - did the Attorney General’s departments provide to the film-makers in the making or publicising of this film; and
(b) will the film be shown within prisons or corrective services premises?
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Answered
22 February 2010
Response time
96 days
(a) Nil.
(b) Prison staff review all films before prisoners are permitted to view them in order to ensure the film's content will not jeopardise the good order and security of the prison.
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(b) Prison staff review all films before prisoners are permitted to view them in order to ensure the film's content will not jeopardise the good order and security of the prison.
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