Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
2025-03-20 Daily Xml

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Court Backlogs

The Hon. C. BONAROS (15:10): Supplementary: how much, if it all, are delays in forensic procedures and testing further compounding the problem of backlogs?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State) (15:10): I thank the honourable member for her question. Certainly, the forensic processes are becoming more complicated and in depth, and that is one of the reasons we have allocated hundreds of millions of dollars to the building of a new forensic science centre in South Australia to make it as effective and efficient as possible in what they do in terms of their interaction—the forensic science interaction with the criminal justice system.

The PRESIDENT: Final supplementary question, the Hon. Ms Girolamo.