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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2016-06-08" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Domestic Violence Serial Offender Database</name>
      <text id="20160608d09a0c79b7c441fba0000030">
        <heading>Domestic Violence Serial Offender Database</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4363" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. T.A. FRANKS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2016-06-08">
            <name>Domestic Violence Serial Offender Database</name>
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        <startTime time="2016-06-08T14:22:32" />
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          <by role="member" id="4363">The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:22):</by>  Supplementary: in the minister's conversations with SAPOL, have they ever raised the need for legislation specifically about domestic violence being treated as a crime in and of itself, rather than relying on other charges?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5084" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety</electorate>
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          <question date="2016-06-08">
            <name>Domestic Violence Serial Offender Database</name>
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        <startTime time="2016-06-08T14:22:49" />
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          <by role="member" id="5084">The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:22):</by>  As it stands, I cannot recall any specific conversations with the police commissioner along those lines. What I would say generally, though, is that domestic violence is an issue this government takes incredibly seriously and is something that we want to be able to be proactive about. If ever a request is raised by the police commissioner, or anyone else for that matter, which argues legislative change of any nature is necessary in order to be able to better assist them in their important job of being able to police domestic violence, then of course that is something that the Attorney-General and the government generally would consider and provide appropriate attention towards.</text>
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