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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2023-05-31T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Crime in Port Augusta</name>
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        <heading>Crime in Port Augusta</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="6929" referenceid="53ca1cd2e19847a59766892bec169fa3" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. S.L. GAME</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2023-05-31T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Crime in Port Augusta</name>
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        <startTime time="2023-05-31T14:56:52+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="6929" referenceid="53ca1cd2e19847a59766892bec169fa3">The Hon. S.L. GAME (14:56):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation prior to addressing questions to the Attorney-General and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs on crime in Port Augusta.</text>
        <text id="20230531e37a9890b3e4469990000146">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. S.L. GAME</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="6929" referenceid="53ca1cd2e19847a59766892bec169fa3">The Hon. S.L. GAME:</by>  On 8 March this year, I alerted this council and asked questions regarding reports of escalating crime and antisocial behaviour in Port Augusta. On 24 April 2023, the Attorney-General responded that, in addition to the community outreach program that has been implemented, further youth responses were planned, which included: one, extending the hours of the Port Augusta Youth Centre; two, extending the hours of the youth bus; three, the establishment of a community participation fund to support young people to engage in social activities; four, the establishment of an intensive youth support group for multiagency intensive case management; and five, the youth outreach service, with workers in the community after hours and on weekends. My questions to the Attorney-General are:</text>
        <text id="20230531e37a9890b3e4469990000148">1.&amp;#x9;Have the further youth responses listed been implemented? If not, why not, and when will they be?</text>
        <text id="20230531e37a9890b3e4469990000149">2.&amp;#x9;For those implemented, what are the up-to-date statistics on success factors?</text>
        <text id="20230531e37a9890b3e4469990000150">3.&amp;#x9;What are the statistics on youth offending in Port Augusta, including how many youths have been charged since 1 January 2023, and what were they charged with?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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        <startTime time="2023-05-31T14:58:13+09:30" />
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          <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) (14:58):</by>  I thank the honourable member for her question. In relation to questions that relate to statistics to do with youth crime, I am happy to see if they are available. I am not certain they will be but, to the extent they are, I am happy to provide what I can for the honourable member.</text>
        <text id="20230531e37a9890b3e4469990000152">In relation to youth programs in Port Augusta, as I outlined last time the questions were asked, the Minister for Human Services, who is responsible for youth programs, has been doing a lot of work in the Port Augusta region. I know she has spent a fair bit of time as of late in the Port Augusta region and is rolling out programs, so I will be more than happy to ask her the specifics of where the programs the honourable member has referred to are up to.</text>
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