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Youth Justice System

Mr GARDNER (Morialta) (14:33): Can the minister describe how many of the nine recommendations that are relevant to the minister's corrections portfolio and the other recommendation in relation to the police portfolio have been implemented and which are remaining to be implemented?

The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:33): I thank the honourable member for his question. What I can advise is that a number of the recommendations dealt with the transfer and the flow of information between agencies to make sure we had the most appropriate information available to us to ensure, particularly younger prisoners—in this case an 18 year old—are properly managed into the system. Those arrangements are now in place and the Coroner has acknowledged those in his—

Mr Gardner interjecting:

The Hon. A. PICCOLO: If you let me get to the question—in terms of which ones remain, I'd need to check the exact number. In terms of subject matter, I note they are not the exact ones, but what I can say is that the advice to the agency is that at this point in time we are very keen to make sure that all of them are implemented to the best of our ability.

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