❓ Hon Matt Benson-Lidholm asks if measures will be implemented to ensure local Albany magistrates refer perpetrators to the Changing Tracks program, similar to practices in Perth and other regional areas. The Attorney General advises that magistrates are independent judicial officers.
AnsweredQoN 193Legislative Council
Asked
1 May 2012
Member
Portfolio
parliamentary secretary representing the Attorney General
QuestionView source ↗
CHANGING TRACKS PROGRAM
193. Hon MATT BENSON-LIDHOLM to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Attorney General:
I refer to the Changing Tracks
program based in Albany. Will measures be put in place to ensure that local
magistrates are required to refer perpetrators to the program, as happens in
Perth and in other regional areas?
193. Hon MATT BENSON-LIDHOLM to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Attorney General:
I refer to the Changing Tracks
program based in Albany. Will measures be put in place to ensure that local
magistrates are required to refer perpetrators to the program, as happens in
Perth and in other regional areas?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of this question. The Attorney General advises that magistrates are independent
judicial officers and deal with matters on a case-by-case basis and on the
information and advice that is provided to them by officers of the court, such
as officers from the Department of Corrective Services.
of this question. The Attorney General advises that magistrates are independent
judicial officers and deal with matters on a case-by-case basis and on the
information and advice that is provided to them by officers of the court, such
as officers from the Department of Corrective Services.
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