A WA parliamentary question seeks data on rewards paid for unsolved homicides and disappearances, including payment amounts and successful prosecutions. The answer largely refers to another question and claims difficulty in tracking prosecutions linked to rewards.

AnsweredQoN 4276Legislative Assembly
Asked
18 October 2018
Portfolio
Attorney General

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I refer
to the State Government’s rewards system for unsolved
homicides and suspicious disappearances in Western Australia, and ask: (a) how many rewards
have been paid in each of the years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and as of 16 October 2018; (b) what was the average payment of reward for each of these years; (c) how many successful prosecutions have the rewards
related to in each of these years; and (d) who comprised the working group which was set up to
review the reward system?

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Answered
29 November 2018
Response time
12 days
(a) - (b) Please refer to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 4275.
(c) The Director of Public Prosecutions advises that it is not possible to readily identify prosecutions relating to the State Government’s rewards system. To do so would require an extensive manual search which would be too onerous to undertake.
(d) Please refer to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 4275.

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