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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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The Hon. C. BONAROS (14:39): Further supplementary: can the Attorney-General guarantee its—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. Ms Bonaros has a supplementary question.

The Hon. C. BONAROS: Can the Attorney-General guarantee its legislation will address the problems highlighted by Labor members during that 2021 debate, namely the narrowness of the definition of 'places of detention'?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (14:39): I thank the honourable member for her question. Certainly, the successful passage of the legislation and the implementation of it would need commonwealth funding. The former Liberal government put up legislation and did not put one single cent into funding it.

There was no funding from the Liberal government to implement this. They met, I think, the same responses we have from the commonwealth, so in terms of its implementation, we are in the same position as the former Liberal government—not a cent of funding for it, but we look forward to the commonwealth continuing discussions and coming to the table with all states to implement this.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. Ms Bonaros has a further supplementary question.

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