Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to have the answer to Senator Wright's question of 3 November 2011 to the Attorney-General incorporated in Hansard.

Leave granted.

The answer read as follows—

ANSWER

The Attorney-General has provided the following answer to the Honourable Senator's questions taken on notice on 3 November in relation to:

ANSWER - FUNDING

ANSWER — THROUGH CARE - CASE MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS

ANSWER — JUSTICE CLOSING THE GAP TARGET

(a) to significantly reduce the gap in Indigenous offending and victimisation and to accurately track and review progress with a view to reviewing the level of effort required to achieve outcomes, and

(b) to ask First Ministers to refer to COAG the possible adoption of justice specific Indigenous closing the gap targets, acknowledging that in many instances their relative occurrence are due to variable factors outside the justice system.

Honourable John Rau MP, as the current Chair of the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General, wrote to the Prime Minister requesting that justice-specific Closing the Gap targets be included for consideration on the COAG agenda.