❓ Ms Mettam questions the Minister about delays in apprehending offenders who breach electronic monitoring conditions. The Minister defends the government's record on family and domestic violence and accuses the opposition of hypocrisy.
AnsweredQoN 54Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
Electronic monitoring
54. Ms Libby Mettam to
the Minister for Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence:
As Minister for Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence,
why has the minister not raised the delays of between six to 12 hours or more
for police to apprehend an offender when there has been a breach, and these
major issues across the regions?
54. Ms Libby Mettam to
the Minister for Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence:
As Minister for Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence,
why has the minister not raised the delays of between six to 12 hours or more
for police to apprehend an offender when there has been a breach, and these
major issues across the regions?
AnswerView source ↗
I did not say that I did not raise them. We talk about this
all the time.
Ms Libby Mettam: Weasel words!
The Speaker: Member, you have asked the question. Let
the minister respond. Carry on, minister.
Mrs Jessica Stojkovski: If the member wants to look at
weasel words, I suggest she look to her right when it comes to family and
domestic violence and not across the aisle. This side of the Parliament is the
only party that has looked after the issue of family and domestic violence and
actually made some reforming change. It has actually made half a billion
dollars of investment. Members opposite had eight years in government and they
did nothing. The member has a leader who closed down a women's refuge. She has
a leader who closed down a women's refuge and she has the audacity to come in
here and question us!
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Minister. Premier.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members, we were doing quite well
timewise in question time this time, but we have lost the majority of time on
interjections and having to stop and get a little bit of order back in the
house. The more you do that, the longer it takes and the fewer questions you
are going to get next time. Carry on, minister.
Mrs Jessica Stojkovski: Thank you, Mr Speaker.
I will ask the
member: Have you raised the question with your leader? Did you ask him why he
closed down a women's refuge? I know that I speak to my colleagues; you clearly
do not.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members! When everyone is finished—carry
on, minister.
Mrs Jessica Stojkovski: I think the point that the
member is missing in her question is the fact that electric monitoring is a
bail condition. It is not a substitute for detention. Community safety is
paramount to this government. Community safety is at the forefront of the
decision-making of the courts and the magistrates who assess the risk to the
community and to the victim before they decide on bail. Once bail is—
Ms Libby Mettam interjected.
Mrs Jessica Stojkovski: Will you please let me finish?
Dr Tony Buti interjected.
The Speaker: Attorney General! Members!
Mrs Jessica Stojkovski: Once bail has been decided,
electric monitoring, much like exclusion zones and curfews, is a bail
condition. It is not an excuse or an alternative to detention.
all the time.
Ms Libby Mettam: Weasel words!
The Speaker: Member, you have asked the question. Let
the minister respond. Carry on, minister.
Mrs Jessica Stojkovski: If the member wants to look at
weasel words, I suggest she look to her right when it comes to family and
domestic violence and not across the aisle. This side of the Parliament is the
only party that has looked after the issue of family and domestic violence and
actually made some reforming change. It has actually made half a billion
dollars of investment. Members opposite had eight years in government and they
did nothing. The member has a leader who closed down a women's refuge. She has
a leader who closed down a women's refuge and she has the audacity to come in
here and question us!
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Minister. Premier.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members, we were doing quite well
timewise in question time this time, but we have lost the majority of time on
interjections and having to stop and get a little bit of order back in the
house. The more you do that, the longer it takes and the fewer questions you
are going to get next time. Carry on, minister.
Mrs Jessica Stojkovski: Thank you, Mr Speaker.
I will ask the
member: Have you raised the question with your leader? Did you ask him why he
closed down a women's refuge? I know that I speak to my colleagues; you clearly
do not.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members! When everyone is finished—carry
on, minister.
Mrs Jessica Stojkovski: I think the point that the
member is missing in her question is the fact that electric monitoring is a
bail condition. It is not a substitute for detention. Community safety is
paramount to this government. Community safety is at the forefront of the
decision-making of the courts and the magistrates who assess the risk to the
community and to the victim before they decide on bail. Once bail is—
Ms Libby Mettam interjected.
Mrs Jessica Stojkovski: Will you please let me finish?
Dr Tony Buti interjected.
The Speaker: Attorney General! Members!
Mrs Jessica Stojkovski: Once bail has been decided,
electric monitoring, much like exclusion zones and curfews, is a bail
condition. It is not an excuse or an alternative to detention.
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