<!--The Official Report of Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly of the Parliament of South Australia are covered by parliamentary privilege. Republication by others is not afforded the same protection and may result in exposure to legal liability if the material is defamatory. You may copy and make use of excerpts of proceedings where (1) you attribute the Parliament as the source, (2) you assume the risk of liability if the manner of your use is defamatory, (3) you do not use the material for the purpose of advertising, satire or ridicule, or to misrepresent members of Parliament, and (4) your use of the extracts is fair, accurate and not misleading. Copyright in the Official Report of Parliamentary Debates is held by the Attorney-General of South Australia.-->
<hansard id="" tocId="" xml:lang="EN-AU" schemaVersion="4.0" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="hansard_1_0.xsd" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">
  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2025-02-06T14:15:00+10:30" />
  <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="7781" />
  <endPage num="7830" />
  <dateModified time="2025-02-07T15:49:39+10:30" />
  <proceeding continued="true" uid="8f3fbc5007c64b9a9be9a6f1b9cd757d">
    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Liquor Thefts</name>
      <text id="202502060d5d7b3e84bd41be90000089">
        <heading>Liquor Thefts</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="6827" referenceid="b04d90ce5a204cc6b8913d2697f86b49" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Deputy Leader of the Opposition</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2025-02-06T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Liquor Thefts</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <startTime time="2025-02-06T14:40:21+10:30" />
        <text id="202502060d5d7b3e84bd41be90000090">
          <timeStamp time="2025-02-06T14:40:21+10:30" />
          <by role="member" id="6827" referenceid="b04d90ce5a204cc6b8913d2697f86b49">The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO (Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:40):</by>  Supplementary: what is the Attorney-General planning to do, then, to address the increases in reoffending of offenders who are often on bail?</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>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Special Minister of State</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2025-02-06T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Liquor Thefts</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <startTime time="2025-02-06T14:40:35+10:30" />
        <text id="202502060d5d7b3e84bd41be90000091">
          <timeStamp time="2025-02-06T14:40:35+10:30" />
          <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, Special Minister of State) (14:40):</by>  I will have to take that on notice, but I will have a look to see if what is being asked in that question is, in fact, factually correct. I think South Australia has had, and I am not sure if the latest Report on Government Services figures have been released, but I think they may have in relation to recidivism, and, if I am remembering correctly, South Australia—if not the lowest—was certainly at the low end of reoffending in Australia.</text>
        <text id="202502060d5d7b3e84bd41be90000092">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <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>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Special Minister of State</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <text id="202502060d5d7b3e84bd41be90000093">
          <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  As I have said, I am not aware of statistics that break it down into bottle shops, but if the honourable member has a large suite of statistics that indicate this and has the evidence for it I would be very happy to have a look at it.</text>
        <text id="202502060d5d7b3e84bd41be90000094">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202502060d5d7b3e84bd41be90000095">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order!</text>
        <text id="202502060d5d7b3e84bd41be90000096">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202502060d5d7b3e84bd41be90000097">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order! Attorney, you had your chance while you were on your feet. The Hon. Mr Hunter, and everybody on the opposition bench, order! The Hon. Mr Hanson has the call.</text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
  </proceeding>
</hansard>