House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-10-17 Daily Xml

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FALSE IMPRISONMENT

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (15:02): Supplementary, sir: given that the minister said that there are some cases—and I appreciate that he will get back with detail—where people have been held too long due to administrative error, is he aware of any where prisoners were let out too soon?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Business Services and Consumers) (15:02): Again, I thank the honourable member for his question. Normally, they don't become the subject of a complaint, I have heard, but no I am not. I will ask whether any prisoner has recorded a complaint of that nature, and I will get back to the honourable member.

Mr Pisoni: It might be the victims that complain, John.

The SPEAKER: The member for Unley is warned for the second time. The member for Stuart.