Home Detention

The Hon. J.S. LEE (15:16): Supplementary question: does the minister concede that the home detention policy by the government has failed?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (15:16): The Hon. Ms Lee would know, if her memory serves her very well, that the legislation that has been implemented regarding home detention passed this parliament with bipartisan support—her support, Mr President. She herself voted for the home detention laws that are in place in South Australia. So if the home detention laws have failed in her assessment, then she herself is equally culpable with everybody else; but it depends on what you see as the objective of home detention laws. The objective of home detention laws is to ensure that courts have at their disposal a range of alternatives to custody—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS: —that will be able to pursue the objective of maximising the likelihood of reducing reoffending in this community, something that I think all reasonable-thinking people support, including the Hon. Ms Lee herself, who supported the legislation that passed this parliament.