Senate debates

Thursday, 10 May 2012

Committees

Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference

12:07 pm

Photo of Sarah Hanson-YoungSarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | | Hansard source

I move:

That the following matters be referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 28 June 2012:

  (a)   whether any Indonesian minors are currently being held in Australian prisons, remand centres or detention centres where adults are also held, and the appropriateness of that detention;

  (b)   what information the Australian authorities possessed or had knowledge of when it was determined that a suspect or convicted person was a minor;

  (c)   whether there have been cases where information that a person is a minor was not put before the court;

  (d)   what checks and procedures exist to ensure that evidence given to an Australian authority or department about the age of a defendant/suspect is followed up appropriately;

  (e)   the relevant procedures across agencies relating to cases where there is a suggestion that a minor has been imprisoned in an adult facility; and

  (f)   options for reparation and repatriation for any minor who has been charged (contrary to current government policy) and convicted.

Question agreed to.