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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
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Correctional Services Monitoring Device Outage

The Hon. C. BONAROS (14:48): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Health and Wellbeing, representing the Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, a question in relation to GPS tracking bracelets.

Leave granted.

The Hon. C. BONAROS: At the outset, can I point out to the minister that I have given prior notice of this question to the Minister for Police in the hope that we can have an answer. The Premier has ordered a full investigation after the recent Telstra hardware failure sparked a complete breakdown of South Australia's electronic monitoring system for 774 people on parole or home detention bail, including convicted child sex offenders.

Can the minister confirm whether the 90 or so domestic violence offenders fitted with GPS ankle bracelets as part of a current trial were also affected by the hardware failure? If so, did the government inform the victims of the outage and whether they were at risk of harm? If the domestic violence offenders fitted with the bracelets were affected, was the minister aware of this at the time and what contingency plans were deployed to deal with these offenders to ensure victims were not placed at risk of harm?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:49): I thank the honourable member for her question. I do not have an answer for that question but I will take it on notice and get an answer from the minister in another place.

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