MOTORCYCLE GANGS

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:23): Will the minister please advise in a week or so—perhaps the next sitting week might be best—the number of expiation notices that are issued as a result of the film footage recovered, subsequently and in the past?

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Police, Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning) (14:23): So, the honourable member is asking me in advance for something—

The Hon. D.W. Ridgway: You said you were going to view the film and issue notices.

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY: The honourable member asked me whether I could provide him with the number. That will have to wait until—

The Hon. D.W. Ridgway: Because they're not going to issue any. You just said they were going to issue some.

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY: We will have to wait until they are issued, obviously, before we can talk about the number. So, I can take it on notice, but I cannot provide an answer now on the basis of facts. It will be done, obviously, after the requisite period of time. The important thing in relation to dealing with outlaw motorcycle gangs is that one should deal with these groups in an intelligent policing fashion. That is exactly what we have done, and that is how this government will ensure that the scourge, the criminal behaviour of such groups, is dealt with.

I would not have thought that a funeral, even of a bikie, is necessarily the appropriate time at which one should be seeking confrontation with these particular groups. As I said, if there are breaches of the law that are observed and filmed by police then they will be dealt with appropriately, as has been done in relation to all previous events of this kind.