Senate debates
Tuesday, 5 December 2006
Questions without Notice: Additional Answers
Bushfires
3:00 pm
Chris Ellison (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Justice and Customs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Senator Bob Brown asked me a question about bushfires and related research. I can say that I released a report in 2001 dealing with a model bushfire criminal offence and a report in 2004 by the Australian Institute of Criminology entitled Bushfire arson: a review of the literature. I seek to now table more recent research by the Australian Institute of Criminology, which I mentioned earlier, dealing with intervention programs, bushfire arson investigation and bushfire arson prevention, and also an update on the legislation in relation to the Model Criminal Code in relation to bushfire offences.
Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Mr President, through you I would ask the minister if he could provide me with a copy of the tabled documents.
Paul Calvert (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
They have been tabled and they will be copied.