❓ Question regarding the benefits of the new Warburton work camp for local prisoners and the community, with the Minister highlighting its role in prisoner rehabilitation and community reparation.
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WARBURTON WORK CAMP
Congratulations to all in the house that it is now half past two and I have got to the eighth question—well done! Several members interjected. Mr J.J.M. BOWLER : Come on, you will undo the good work! I understand that the Liberal–National government has invested almost $30 million in building new prison work camps throughout the state. Can the minister please inform the house how the most recent work camp, in Warburton in my electorate, will benefit not only the local prisoners but also the community? Mr D.T. REDMAN
Congratulations to all in the house that it is now half past two and I have got to the eighth question—well done! Several members interjected. Mr J.J.M. BOWLER : Come on, you will undo the good work! I understand that the Liberal–National government has invested almost $30 million in building new prison work camps throughout the state. Can the minister please inform the house how the most recent work camp, in Warburton in my electorate, will benefit not only the local prisoners but also the community? Mr D.T. REDMAN
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I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for the question and for his pursuit of excellence in question time in trying to get a very timely response. Certainly the Liberal–National government is very committed to the work camp model. As a result, in our recent budgets we have expanded the current work camps and contemporised a lot of the facilities that are ageing. On Thursday a week ago, I had the honour of going out to Warburton to officially open the Warburton work camp. That is a fantastic facility based on the template of the facility that we recently opened in Wyndham. I also thank the Ngaanyatjarra people from the lands for their hospitality and the people from the local shire who turned up in force to be part of the opening. The Warburton work camp is a $17 million facility, which will accommodate 24 low-risk, minimum-security prisoners and it is ideally located to service the Ngaanyatjarra lands and the surrounding areas. With some 17 per cent of prisoners in Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison coming from that region, it makes sense to have a work camp in that locality and to have those prisoners play a role in giving something back to the community in which they breached society’s rules. That reparation is very important and it is also important for the community to play a key role in that. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is interesting that the member for Cockburn raises the issue of child sex offenders. Child sex offenders who were considered low-risk and required minimum security were in work camps when the member for Cockburn was in government, so that has not changed. Either the member for Cockburn is standing on his own on a policy setting separate from the opposition, or he cannot remember what happened when he was in government. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Several members interjected. Mr J.J.M. BOWLER : Come on, you will undo the good work! I understand that the Liberal–National government has invested almost $30 million in building new prison work camps throughout the state. Can the minister please inform the house how the most recent work camp, in Warburton in my electorate, will benefit not only the local prisoners but also the community? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for the question and for his pursuit of excellence in question time in trying to get a very timely response. Certainly the Liberal–National government is very committed to the work camp model. As a result, in our recent budgets we have expanded the current work camps and contemporised a lot of the facilities that are ageing. On Thursday a week ago, I had the honour of going out to Warburton to officially open the Warburton work camp. That is a fantastic facility based on the template of the facility that we recently opened in Wyndham. I also thank the Ngaanyatjarra people from the lands for their hospitality and the people from the local shire who turned up in force to be part of the opening. The Warburton work camp is a $17 million facility, which will accommodate 24 low-risk, minimum-security prisoners and it is ideally located to service the Ngaanyatjarra lands and the surrounding areas. With some 17 per cent of prisoners in Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison coming from that region, it makes sense to have a work camp in that locality and to have those prisoners play a role in giving something back to the community in which they breached society’s rules. That reparation is very important and it is also important for the community to play a key role in that. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is interesting that the member for Cockburn raises the issue of child sex offenders. Child sex offenders who were considered low-risk and required minimum security were in work camps when the member for Cockburn was in government, so that has not changed. Either the member for Cockburn is standing on his own on a policy setting separate from the opposition, or he cannot remember what happened when he was in government. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Mr J.J.M. BOWLER : Come on, you will undo the good work! I understand that the Liberal–National government has invested almost $30 million in building new prison work camps throughout the state. Can the minister please inform the house how the most recent work camp, in Warburton in my electorate, will benefit not only the local prisoners but also the community? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for the question and for his pursuit of excellence in question time in trying to get a very timely response. Certainly the Liberal–National government is very committed to the work camp model. As a result, in our recent budgets we have expanded the current work camps and contemporised a lot of the facilities that are ageing. On Thursday a week ago, I had the honour of going out to Warburton to officially open the Warburton work camp. That is a fantastic facility based on the template of the facility that we recently opened in Wyndham. I also thank the Ngaanyatjarra people from the lands for their hospitality and the people from the local shire who turned up in force to be part of the opening. The Warburton work camp is a $17 million facility, which will accommodate 24 low-risk, minimum-security prisoners and it is ideally located to service the Ngaanyatjarra lands and the surrounding areas. With some 17 per cent of prisoners in Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison coming from that region, it makes sense to have a work camp in that locality and to have those prisoners play a role in giving something back to the community in which they breached society’s rules. That reparation is very important and it is also important for the community to play a key role in that. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is interesting that the member for Cockburn raises the issue of child sex offenders. Child sex offenders who were considered low-risk and required minimum security were in work camps when the member for Cockburn was in government, so that has not changed. Either the member for Cockburn is standing on his own on a policy setting separate from the opposition, or he cannot remember what happened when he was in government. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
I understand that the Liberal–National government has invested almost $30 million in building new prison work camps throughout the state. Can the minister please inform the house how the most recent work camp, in Warburton in my electorate, will benefit not only the local prisoners but also the community? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for the question and for his pursuit of excellence in question time in trying to get a very timely response. Certainly the Liberal–National government is very committed to the work camp model. As a result, in our recent budgets we have expanded the current work camps and contemporised a lot of the facilities that are ageing. On Thursday a week ago, I had the honour of going out to Warburton to officially open the Warburton work camp. That is a fantastic facility based on the template of the facility that we recently opened in Wyndham. I also thank the Ngaanyatjarra people from the lands for their hospitality and the people from the local shire who turned up in force to be part of the opening. The Warburton work camp is a $17 million facility, which will accommodate 24 low-risk, minimum-security prisoners and it is ideally located to service the Ngaanyatjarra lands and the surrounding areas. With some 17 per cent of prisoners in Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison coming from that region, it makes sense to have a work camp in that locality and to have those prisoners play a role in giving something back to the community in which they breached society’s rules. That reparation is very important and it is also important for the community to play a key role in that. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is interesting that the member for Cockburn raises the issue of child sex offenders. Child sex offenders who were considered low-risk and required minimum security were in work camps when the member for Cockburn was in government, so that has not changed. Either the member for Cockburn is standing on his own on a policy setting separate from the opposition, or he cannot remember what happened when he was in government. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for the question and for his pursuit of excellence in question time in trying to get a very timely response. Certainly the Liberal–National government is very committed to the work camp model. As a result, in our recent budgets we have expanded the current work camps and contemporised a lot of the facilities that are ageing. On Thursday a week ago, I had the honour of going out to Warburton to officially open the Warburton work camp. That is a fantastic facility based on the template of the facility that we recently opened in Wyndham. I also thank the Ngaanyatjarra people from the lands for their hospitality and the people from the local shire who turned up in force to be part of the opening. The Warburton work camp is a $17 million facility, which will accommodate 24 low-risk, minimum-security prisoners and it is ideally located to service the Ngaanyatjarra lands and the surrounding areas. With some 17 per cent of prisoners in Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison coming from that region, it makes sense to have a work camp in that locality and to have those prisoners play a role in giving something back to the community in which they breached society’s rules. That reparation is very important and it is also important for the community to play a key role in that. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is interesting that the member for Cockburn raises the issue of child sex offenders. Child sex offenders who were considered low-risk and required minimum security were in work camps when the member for Cockburn was in government, so that has not changed. Either the member for Cockburn is standing on his own on a policy setting separate from the opposition, or he cannot remember what happened when he was in government. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for the question and for his pursuit of excellence in question time in trying to get a very timely response. Certainly the Liberal–National government is very committed to the work camp model. As a result, in our recent budgets we have expanded the current work camps and contemporised a lot of the facilities that are ageing. On Thursday a week ago, I had the honour of going out to Warburton to officially open the Warburton work camp. That is a fantastic facility based on the template of the facility that we recently opened in Wyndham. I also thank the Ngaanyatjarra people from the lands for their hospitality and the people from the local shire who turned up in force to be part of the opening. The Warburton work camp is a $17 million facility, which will accommodate 24 low-risk, minimum-security prisoners and it is ideally located to service the Ngaanyatjarra lands and the surrounding areas. With some 17 per cent of prisoners in Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison coming from that region, it makes sense to have a work camp in that locality and to have those prisoners play a role in giving something back to the community in which they breached society’s rules. That reparation is very important and it is also important for the community to play a key role in that. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is interesting that the member for Cockburn raises the issue of child sex offenders. Child sex offenders who were considered low-risk and required minimum security were in work camps when the member for Cockburn was in government, so that has not changed. Either the member for Cockburn is standing on his own on a policy setting separate from the opposition, or he cannot remember what happened when he was in government. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Certainly the Liberal–National government is very committed to the work camp model. As a result, in our recent budgets we have expanded the current work camps and contemporised a lot of the facilities that are ageing. On Thursday a week ago, I had the honour of going out to Warburton to officially open the Warburton work camp. That is a fantastic facility based on the template of the facility that we recently opened in Wyndham. I also thank the Ngaanyatjarra people from the lands for their hospitality and the people from the local shire who turned up in force to be part of the opening. The Warburton work camp is a $17 million facility, which will accommodate 24 low-risk, minimum-security prisoners and it is ideally located to service the Ngaanyatjarra lands and the surrounding areas. With some 17 per cent of prisoners in Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison coming from that region, it makes sense to have a work camp in that locality and to have those prisoners play a role in giving something back to the community in which they breached society’s rules. That reparation is very important and it is also important for the community to play a key role in that. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is interesting that the member for Cockburn raises the issue of child sex offenders. Child sex offenders who were considered low-risk and required minimum security were in work camps when the member for Cockburn was in government, so that has not changed. Either the member for Cockburn is standing on his own on a policy setting separate from the opposition, or he cannot remember what happened when he was in government. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is interesting that the member for Cockburn raises the issue of child sex offenders. Child sex offenders who were considered low-risk and required minimum security were in work camps when the member for Cockburn was in government, so that has not changed. Either the member for Cockburn is standing on his own on a policy setting separate from the opposition, or he cannot remember what happened when he was in government. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is interesting that the member for Cockburn raises the issue of child sex offenders. Child sex offenders who were considered low-risk and required minimum security were in work camps when the member for Cockburn was in government, so that has not changed. Either the member for Cockburn is standing on his own on a policy setting separate from the opposition, or he cannot remember what happened when he was in government. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Several members interjected. Mr J.J.M. BOWLER : Come on, you will undo the good work! I understand that the Liberal–National government has invested almost $30 million in building new prison work camps throughout the state. Can the minister please inform the house how the most recent work camp, in Warburton in my electorate, will benefit not only the local prisoners but also the community? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for the question and for his pursuit of excellence in question time in trying to get a very timely response. Certainly the Liberal–National government is very committed to the work camp model. As a result, in our recent budgets we have expanded the current work camps and contemporised a lot of the facilities that are ageing. On Thursday a week ago, I had the honour of going out to Warburton to officially open the Warburton work camp. That is a fantastic facility based on the template of the facility that we recently opened in Wyndham. I also thank the Ngaanyatjarra people from the lands for their hospitality and the people from the local shire who turned up in force to be part of the opening. The Warburton work camp is a $17 million facility, which will accommodate 24 low-risk, minimum-security prisoners and it is ideally located to service the Ngaanyatjarra lands and the surrounding areas. With some 17 per cent of prisoners in Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison coming from that region, it makes sense to have a work camp in that locality and to have those prisoners play a role in giving something back to the community in which they breached society’s rules. That reparation is very important and it is also important for the community to play a key role in that. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is interesting that the member for Cockburn raises the issue of child sex offenders. Child sex offenders who were considered low-risk and required minimum security were in work camps when the member for Cockburn was in government, so that has not changed. Either the member for Cockburn is standing on his own on a policy setting separate from the opposition, or he cannot remember what happened when he was in government. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Mr J.J.M. BOWLER : Come on, you will undo the good work! I understand that the Liberal–National government has invested almost $30 million in building new prison work camps throughout the state. Can the minister please inform the house how the most recent work camp, in Warburton in my electorate, will benefit not only the local prisoners but also the community? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for the question and for his pursuit of excellence in question time in trying to get a very timely response. Certainly the Liberal–National government is very committed to the work camp model. As a result, in our recent budgets we have expanded the current work camps and contemporised a lot of the facilities that are ageing. On Thursday a week ago, I had the honour of going out to Warburton to officially open the Warburton work camp. That is a fantastic facility based on the template of the facility that we recently opened in Wyndham. I also thank the Ngaanyatjarra people from the lands for their hospitality and the people from the local shire who turned up in force to be part of the opening. The Warburton work camp is a $17 million facility, which will accommodate 24 low-risk, minimum-security prisoners and it is ideally located to service the Ngaanyatjarra lands and the surrounding areas. With some 17 per cent of prisoners in Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison coming from that region, it makes sense to have a work camp in that locality and to have those prisoners play a role in giving something back to the community in which they breached society’s rules. That reparation is very important and it is also important for the community to play a key role in that. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is interesting that the member for Cockburn raises the issue of child sex offenders. Child sex offenders who were considered low-risk and required minimum security were in work camps when the member for Cockburn was in government, so that has not changed. Either the member for Cockburn is standing on his own on a policy setting separate from the opposition, or he cannot remember what happened when he was in government. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
I understand that the Liberal–National government has invested almost $30 million in building new prison work camps throughout the state. Can the minister please inform the house how the most recent work camp, in Warburton in my electorate, will benefit not only the local prisoners but also the community? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for the question and for his pursuit of excellence in question time in trying to get a very timely response. Certainly the Liberal–National government is very committed to the work camp model. As a result, in our recent budgets we have expanded the current work camps and contemporised a lot of the facilities that are ageing. On Thursday a week ago, I had the honour of going out to Warburton to officially open the Warburton work camp. That is a fantastic facility based on the template of the facility that we recently opened in Wyndham. I also thank the Ngaanyatjarra people from the lands for their hospitality and the people from the local shire who turned up in force to be part of the opening. The Warburton work camp is a $17 million facility, which will accommodate 24 low-risk, minimum-security prisoners and it is ideally located to service the Ngaanyatjarra lands and the surrounding areas. With some 17 per cent of prisoners in Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison coming from that region, it makes sense to have a work camp in that locality and to have those prisoners play a role in giving something back to the community in which they breached society’s rules. That reparation is very important and it is also important for the community to play a key role in that. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is interesting that the member for Cockburn raises the issue of child sex offenders. Child sex offenders who were considered low-risk and required minimum security were in work camps when the member for Cockburn was in government, so that has not changed. Either the member for Cockburn is standing on his own on a policy setting separate from the opposition, or he cannot remember what happened when he was in government. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for the question and for his pursuit of excellence in question time in trying to get a very timely response. Certainly the Liberal–National government is very committed to the work camp model. As a result, in our recent budgets we have expanded the current work camps and contemporised a lot of the facilities that are ageing. On Thursday a week ago, I had the honour of going out to Warburton to officially open the Warburton work camp. That is a fantastic facility based on the template of the facility that we recently opened in Wyndham. I also thank the Ngaanyatjarra people from the lands for their hospitality and the people from the local shire who turned up in force to be part of the opening. The Warburton work camp is a $17 million facility, which will accommodate 24 low-risk, minimum-security prisoners and it is ideally located to service the Ngaanyatjarra lands and the surrounding areas. With some 17 per cent of prisoners in Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison coming from that region, it makes sense to have a work camp in that locality and to have those prisoners play a role in giving something back to the community in which they breached society’s rules. That reparation is very important and it is also important for the community to play a key role in that. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is interesting that the member for Cockburn raises the issue of child sex offenders. Child sex offenders who were considered low-risk and required minimum security were in work camps when the member for Cockburn was in government, so that has not changed. Either the member for Cockburn is standing on his own on a policy setting separate from the opposition, or he cannot remember what happened when he was in government. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for the question and for his pursuit of excellence in question time in trying to get a very timely response. Certainly the Liberal–National government is very committed to the work camp model. As a result, in our recent budgets we have expanded the current work camps and contemporised a lot of the facilities that are ageing. On Thursday a week ago, I had the honour of going out to Warburton to officially open the Warburton work camp. That is a fantastic facility based on the template of the facility that we recently opened in Wyndham. I also thank the Ngaanyatjarra people from the lands for their hospitality and the people from the local shire who turned up in force to be part of the opening. The Warburton work camp is a $17 million facility, which will accommodate 24 low-risk, minimum-security prisoners and it is ideally located to service the Ngaanyatjarra lands and the surrounding areas. With some 17 per cent of prisoners in Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison coming from that region, it makes sense to have a work camp in that locality and to have those prisoners play a role in giving something back to the community in which they breached society’s rules. That reparation is very important and it is also important for the community to play a key role in that. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is interesting that the member for Cockburn raises the issue of child sex offenders. Child sex offenders who were considered low-risk and required minimum security were in work camps when the member for Cockburn was in government, so that has not changed. Either the member for Cockburn is standing on his own on a policy setting separate from the opposition, or he cannot remember what happened when he was in government. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Certainly the Liberal–National government is very committed to the work camp model. As a result, in our recent budgets we have expanded the current work camps and contemporised a lot of the facilities that are ageing. On Thursday a week ago, I had the honour of going out to Warburton to officially open the Warburton work camp. That is a fantastic facility based on the template of the facility that we recently opened in Wyndham. I also thank the Ngaanyatjarra people from the lands for their hospitality and the people from the local shire who turned up in force to be part of the opening. The Warburton work camp is a $17 million facility, which will accommodate 24 low-risk, minimum-security prisoners and it is ideally located to service the Ngaanyatjarra lands and the surrounding areas. With some 17 per cent of prisoners in Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison coming from that region, it makes sense to have a work camp in that locality and to have those prisoners play a role in giving something back to the community in which they breached society’s rules. That reparation is very important and it is also important for the community to play a key role in that. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is interesting that the member for Cockburn raises the issue of child sex offenders. Child sex offenders who were considered low-risk and required minimum security were in work camps when the member for Cockburn was in government, so that has not changed. Either the member for Cockburn is standing on his own on a policy setting separate from the opposition, or he cannot remember what happened when he was in government. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is interesting that the member for Cockburn raises the issue of child sex offenders. Child sex offenders who were considered low-risk and required minimum security were in work camps when the member for Cockburn was in government, so that has not changed. Either the member for Cockburn is standing on his own on a policy setting separate from the opposition, or he cannot remember what happened when he was in government. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is interesting that the member for Cockburn raises the issue of child sex offenders. Child sex offenders who were considered low-risk and required minimum security were in work camps when the member for Cockburn was in government, so that has not changed. Either the member for Cockburn is standing on his own on a policy setting separate from the opposition, or he cannot remember what happened when he was in government. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Mr Speaker — The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
The SPEAKER : Too anxious, member for Perth. Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Last time I heard, member for Cockburn, the question was asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. I do not want you consistently interjecting on the minister. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
The SPEAKER : I do not need any response from anybody at all, member for Cockburn. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you to order for the first time today. I will give the call back to the Minister for Corrective Services to answer a question asked by the member for Kalgoorlie. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I make the point that if anyone is a risk to the community, they simply will not be in a work camp. I think that is an appropriate position for the government to take. The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
The significance of the Warburton work camp is that it is close to home for a lot of the prisoners because a significant proportion of the prisoners come from the eastern Goldfields. It is a chance for offenders to make reparation with the community. It is also a chance for the community to play a key role in supporting an offender’s transition from prison back into the community. With all the projects that prisoners are involved with, they not only help the shires and local areas with a range of issues, but also build necessary skills to incorporate themselves back into the community, particularly if they have been in prison for some time. If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
If we look at the history of work camps, we can see that in the last financial year 62 000 hours of community work was done through work camps. That work is valued at almost $1 million. That is a significant contribution right across the state. Work camps provide a chance for offenders to give something back to the community and hopefully build up the skills that they need to transition back into the community so that they do not return to prison. This is a win–win situation for prisoners and for the community, and it also benefits the government.
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