Dr Buti questions the government's plans to reduce domestic violence and implement GPS tracking for repeat offenders, referencing an election promise. The Acting Minister acknowledges the issue's importance but lacks specific recent information and promises to investigate.

AnsweredQoN 984Legislative Assembly
Asked
25 November 2014
Portfolio
Police

QuestionView source ↗

POLICE — DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
984. Dr A.D. BUTI to the Acting Minister
for Police:
I have a supplementary question.
What are the government's plans to try to reduce the unacceptably high
level of domestic violence in Western Australia; and, when will the government
implement its election promise to monitor repeat domestic violence offenders
with GPS tracking?

AnswerView source ↗

This is not an issue that has been
raised with me specifically in the last two or three months. I will seek
information on it, but the government certainly takes the issue of domestic
violence very seriously.
Mrs
M.H. Roberts interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Midland!
Mr
J.H.D. DAY : This was a significant issue when I was Minister for Police in
a full-time role, going back quite some years. It still is and I have no doubt
that WA Police is putting a major effort into it. In fact, I know from
anecdotal information and conversations that this is an issue that WA Police
not only takes seriously, but also spends a lot of time responding to. I will
seek further information about the specifics of the issue that the member
raised.

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