Court Backlogs

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:33): Final supplementary: is the minister concerned about the delays in sentencing and the toll that takes on victims in particular?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State) (14:33): I think we have said it a number of times, particularly in relation to initiatives and changes we have made to the law, that victims need to be at the very centre of the approach we take in a criminal justice system, and that is what we will continue to do.