Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
2023-11-14 Daily Xml

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Driving Offences

The Hon. F. PANGALLO (15:07): Further supplementary: given the figures that were supplied to me by the Department for Infrastructure and Transport that only one in nine repeat disqualified drivers are jailed—

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Pangallo, you have to ask a question. You just have to ask a question. Don't give background. Just ask the question.

The Hon. F. PANGALLO: Given that only one in nine disqualified drivers are ever jailed, will he now look at increasing the penalties, as well as being able to deny bail to compulsive repeat offenders?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (15:08): I thank the honourable member for his question. As I said to the Hon. Ms Girolamo, I have asked for advice on this matter, so I will be asking those sorts of questions.