Court Backlogs

The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO (Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:11): Why does South Australia have the highest backlog when other states are also impacted by Ironside?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State) (15:11): I thank the honourable member for her question and that is a quite reasonable question. I am advised that the impact of Operation Ironside in terms of—I will double-check this, but I think in raw numbers, the number of defendants that have been created by Operation Ironside is highest in South Australia of any jurisdiction, and certainly when you take it as a sort of proportion of cases is even higher given our smaller population compared to some east coast states, but I will double-check that to confirm that's the case.