❓ This parliamentary question seeks data on trial wait times in the Supreme Court of WA for 2014-15 and the court's budget for 2015-16. The answer provides the shortest and longest trial times and explains the reason for the longest delay.
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I refer to the time taken to get to trial in the Supreme Court of Western Australia, and I ask: (a) in 2014-15, what was the shortest time to trial in the Supreme Court; (b) in 2014-15, what was the longest time to trial in the Supreme Court; and (c) what is the funding to the Supreme Court for 2015-16?
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1 December 2015
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(a) For those matters offered a first trial date commencing in 2014-15, the shortest time to trial from first hearing in the Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court was 19 weeks.
(b) For those matters offered a first trial date commencing in 2014-15, the longest time to trial from first hearing in the Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court was 112 weeks. The reason for the delay in this matter was due to numerous hearings and psychiatric assessments on the question of the accused's fitness to plead and state of mind at the time of the offence.
(c) The Supreme Court budget allocation for 2015-16 is $37,986,725 with an expected revenue of $8,280,087, leaving a net appropriation of $29,706,638.
(b) For those matters offered a first trial date commencing in 2014-15, the longest time to trial from first hearing in the Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court was 112 weeks. The reason for the delay in this matter was due to numerous hearings and psychiatric assessments on the question of the accused's fitness to plead and state of mind at the time of the offence.
(c) The Supreme Court budget allocation for 2015-16 is $37,986,725 with an expected revenue of $8,280,087, leaving a net appropriation of $29,706,638.
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