Build the Spirit In the Centre: What Phil brings to Northern Territory Politics
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Yes it is time Phil..Its time that all the states and Territories start talking to each other and working together in relation to repeat offenders.Offenders know they can jump from state to state commiting crimes with full knowledge that in most cases the cost of extradition out weighs the crime, often taking many years before being bought before the courts.
Offenders are fully aware of this loop hole and use it to its full advantage.
There was a rumour that there was a tri-state agreement (that out standing warrents and charges be heard and sentenced in the one state )between SA,WA and NT is this true? how can we find out?The prisons are full why?Lets stop building new prisons and start closing some of the loop holes that give out the wrong messages.
We need to make amendments to the law.
regards Karen
Hey Karen,
Thanks for your input. There are lots of reasons why we need uniform regulations across the country with opportunities to detain offenders across state and territory borders. The only tri-state initiative I know of between NT/WA/SA is (or was) related to the health departments. This began back in the early 1990s in part as a response to the HIV/AIDS crisis that then threatened Aboriginal groups in remote Australia. Not sure if it still exists.
There was a case earlier in the year of a well-known traditional elder from just over the WA border who required continuing renal dialysis. He was being treated in the NT because it was better and cheaper than air lifting him into Alice Springs, then to Perth, then to Kalgoorlie for treatment. The issue became bogged down in bureaucratic mismanagement. The NT government (Minister Kon Vatskalis) eventually conceded to allow the man to be treated in Alice Springs.
To see if the tri-state health initiative still exists, contact the NT health department. Working at bringing more departments (including justice and correctional services) into consideration around a tri-state initiative could be placed on a COAG (Council of Australian Governments) agenda. That group meets at least annually.