COMMUNITY PROTECTION PANEL

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (15:05): My question is to the Attorney-General. How many youth offenders identified as part of the Gang of 49 have been under the management of the Community Protection Panel and how many has it returned to custody for non-compliance with the management arrangements? On 22 May last year, the Attorney-General announced that $5.6 million would be spent on a community protection panel which he claimed was to manage serious repeat offenders and, further, that the panel would, 'intensively case manage the so called 49 and return them to custody if they don't accept the offers that are given to them to turn away from crime'.

The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON (Croydon—Attorney-General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) (15:06): I will be pleased to get the precise figure.