Legislative Council Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Answers to Questions Court Backlogs Court Backlogs The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO Legislative Council Deputy Leader of the Opposition Court Backlogs In reply to the Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO (Deputy Leader of the Opposition) ().20 March 2025). The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Attorney-General Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector Special Minister of State Court Backlogs The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State): I have been advised: Although Operation Ironside resulted in arrests and criminal charges being laid in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia; South Australia had a far higher number of criminal offences laid against individuals. In South Australia, 115 persons have been charged with a total of 1,537 offences. To compare, the state with the second highest number of offences laid was New South Wales with 356. South Australia also had the highest amount of drugs seized at 2,223 kilograms compared to the next highest, again NSW, with 2,069 kilograms. Our courts are now dealing with more than four times the offences that were laid in NSW, and the government is providing funding to the courts and Director of Public Prosecutions to manage the prosecutions resulting from Operation Ironside.