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My question is to the Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion. Will he provide the council with details of the nature of the offences committed by the eight escapees and, in particular, the individual who is still at large?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers) (14:41): No.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:41): Supplementary question.

The PRESIDENT: Out of the answer? Good luck.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: Is that because the minister does not have the information or because he refuses to provide it to parliament?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers) (14:41): Most people in this chamber would be aware—I am sorry the Hon. Michelle Lensink isn't—that under the Youth Offenders Act we should not be talking about the young people involved, nor about the offences they committed or for which they were tried. That is out of order under the Youth Offenders Act.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:41): Further supplementary: is there at any stage going to be any public information made on this matter?

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Sorry, I ask the honourable member to re-ask her question.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: Sorry, you didn't hear? Will that information be provided in a public manner at some point in the future?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers) (14:42): I am not planning to.