Indigenous Women, Incarceration

The Hon. A.L. McLACHLAN (15:25): Supplementary: minister, I was focusing on what your own department was doing to prevent women entering the corrections system, rather than those who are already in the corrections system as being rehabilitated. Would you advise the chamber what your department is doing as preventative measures?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Employment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Science and Information Economy) (15:25): I thank the honourable member for his question. I can answer that the department of Aboriginal affairs provides policy advice right across government on a range of issues that seek to improve the quality of life of Aboriginal people in a whole range of areas, including health, education and the interaction with the justice system.