Serial Sex Offenders

The Hon. L.A. HENDERSON (15:17): Supplementary question: does the minister believe that individuals who are deemed to be at risk of reoffending and incapable of controlling their sexual instincts should be allowed to be released into the community?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (15:17): We have legislation that is now under the Sentencing Act that makes those provisions, and it is up to a court to decide how they apply it to individuals.