National Social Media Ban

The Hon. R.A. SIMMS (14:51): Supplementary: if the Labor government thinks children under the age of 16 are old enough to be tried like bikies under its draconian new laws, why are they not old enough to go on social media?

The PRESIDENT: I never heard anything about bikies in the Attorney's answer. You can answer it if you want, Attorney.

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State) (14:51): I thank the honourable member for his question. They are two very, very distinct issues. We traversed this in some detail yesterday in terms of laws we are proposing to try to intervene to stop people—not just young people but all people—coming into more contact with the criminal justice system by disrupting the serious offences that street gangs commit.