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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2023-05-17T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
  <venue></venue>
  <reviewStage>published</reviewStage>
  <startPage num="2685" />
  <endPage num="2736" />
  <dateModified time="2023-07-06T10:06:46+09:30" />
  <proceeding>
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000730">
      <heading>Answers to Questions</heading>
    </text>
    <subject>
      <name>SA Courts System Delays</name>
      <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000731">
        <inserted>
          <heading>SA Courts System Delays</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="6827" referenceid="b04d90ce5a204cc6b8913d2697f86b49" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2023-05-17T04:45:00+09:30" qonNum="263">
            <name>SA Courts System Delays</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000732">
          <inserted>263 <by role="member" id="6827" referenceid="b04d90ce5a204cc6b8913d2697f86b49">The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO </by>().26 March 2023).  </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000733">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;What is the backlog in the South Australian courts, criminal jurisdiction?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000734">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;Within a table show the number of lodgements pending completion that are greater than 12 and 24 months as at 1 March 2023?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000735">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;Within a table show the percentage of lodgements pending completion that are greater than 12 and 24 months as at 1 March 2023?</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2023-05-17T04:45:00+09:30" qonNum="263">
            <name>SA Courts System Delays</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000736">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector):</by>  I have been advised: </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000737">
          <inserted>The number of lodgements pending completion as at 31 March 2023.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000738">
          <inserted>Supreme Court</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000739">
          <inserted>Non-Appeal</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000740">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>&gt; 12 months:&amp;#x9;39</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000741">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>&gt; 24 months:&amp;#x9;11</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000742">
          <inserted>Appeal</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000743">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>&gt; 12 months:&amp;#x9;11</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000744">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>&gt; 24 months:&amp;#x9;0</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000745">
          <inserted>District Court</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000746">
          <inserted>&gt; 12 months:&amp;#x9;675 </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000747">
          <inserted>&gt; 24 months:&amp;#x9;188</inserted>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000748">
          <inserted>Magistrates Court</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000749">
          <inserted>&gt; 12 months:&amp;#x9;3,553</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000750">
          <inserted>&gt; 24 months:&amp;#x9;1,275</inserted>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000751">
          <inserted>Youth Court</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000752">
          <inserted>&gt; 12 months:&amp;#x9;164</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000753">
          <inserted>&gt; 24 months:&amp;#x9;47</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000754">
          <inserted>The percentage of lodgements pending completion as at 31 March 2023. </inserted>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000755">
          <inserted>Supreme Court</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000756">
          <inserted>Non-Appeal</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000757">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>&gt; 12 months: &amp;#x9;25 per cent</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000758">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>&gt; 24 months:&amp;#x9;7 per cent</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000759">
          <inserted>Appeal</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000760">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>&gt; 12 months: &amp;#x9;12 per cent</inserted>
          </item>
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        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000761">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>&gt; 24 months:&amp;#x9;0 per cent</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000762">
          <inserted>District Court</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000763">
          <inserted>&gt; 12 months:&amp;#x9;36 per cent</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000764">
          <inserted>&gt; 24 months:&amp;#x9;10 per cent</inserted>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000765">
          <inserted>Magistrates Court</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000766">
          <inserted>&gt; 12 months:&amp;#x9;15 per cent</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000767">
          <inserted>&gt; 24 months:&amp;#x9;5 per cent</inserted>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000768">
          <inserted>Youth Court</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000769">
          <inserted>&gt; 12 months:&amp;#x9;9 per cent</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000770">
          <inserted>&gt; 24 months:&amp;#x9;2 per cent</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230517b666c0afe1ca4bafa0000771" />
      </talker>
    </subject>
  </proceeding>
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