❓ Ms. Beard questions the Minister for Police on wraparound services for police in the Kimberley region dealing with youth crime. The Minister responds by highlighting a new initiative addressing at-risk youth and expresses disappointment that Ms. Beard didn't acknowledge it.
AnsweredQoN 139Legislative Assembly
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YOUTH CRIME — KIMBERLEY
139. Ms M. BEARD to the Minister for Police:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the minister ensure that the police who do work really hard are provided
with an adequate, holistic range of wraparound services they so need to help
them in their jobs across the regions?
139. Ms M. BEARD to the Minister for Police:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the minister ensure that the police who do work really hard are provided
with an adequate, holistic range of wraparound services they so need to help
them in their jobs across the regions?
AnswerView source ↗
I am not sure what the member is
talking about, but I know that only recently I was up in Broome with the member
for Kimberley announcing a new initiative that was from the Department of
Justice for an immediate-response night space to tackle the challenge of kids
who are not necessarily committing crime but are out on the street at
night-time being confronted by police and coming into the care of police as a consequence
of being found late at night on many occasions. Now, the immediate-response
night space with—I am trying to think of the Aboriginal community–controlled
organisation's name—Crikey, one of the ACCOs in town, will
provide a service whereby it relieves the police of the need of duty of care
and it goes and finds a responsible adult for their child. In the event that it cannot, there is a space where the child
can be cared for overnight and then brought to the attention of a range
of other services so that the child does not escape the notice of those
agencies that need to take care of them. That is the intent of the entire
initiative, so that is a good thing to see, and I am assuming that that is the
sort of thing the member is talking about.
I am disappointed that she did not
note that we had already done that. We will be doing more, but it is a challenging,
difficult situation. In some of the regional towns that we confront, we are
talking about multiple generations and many decades of disadvantage and
disempowerment and challenges that are not solved through any one initiative.
But what the member can be rest assured of, and what I think the people of Western
Australia know—they just know—is that the Cook Labor government
is focused on that task, and it will continue to put everything it can into
assisting those communities.
The SPEAKER : Members, that
concludes question time.
talking about, but I know that only recently I was up in Broome with the member
for Kimberley announcing a new initiative that was from the Department of
Justice for an immediate-response night space to tackle the challenge of kids
who are not necessarily committing crime but are out on the street at
night-time being confronted by police and coming into the care of police as a consequence
of being found late at night on many occasions. Now, the immediate-response
night space with—I am trying to think of the Aboriginal community–controlled
organisation's name—Crikey, one of the ACCOs in town, will
provide a service whereby it relieves the police of the need of duty of care
and it goes and finds a responsible adult for their child. In the event that it cannot, there is a space where the child
can be cared for overnight and then brought to the attention of a range
of other services so that the child does not escape the notice of those
agencies that need to take care of them. That is the intent of the entire
initiative, so that is a good thing to see, and I am assuming that that is the
sort of thing the member is talking about.
I am disappointed that she did not
note that we had already done that. We will be doing more, but it is a challenging,
difficult situation. In some of the regional towns that we confront, we are
talking about multiple generations and many decades of disadvantage and
disempowerment and challenges that are not solved through any one initiative.
But what the member can be rest assured of, and what I think the people of Western
Australia know—they just know—is that the Cook Labor government
is focused on that task, and it will continue to put everything it can into
assisting those communities.
The SPEAKER : Members, that
concludes question time.
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