Statutes Amendment (Child Exploitation and Encrypted Material) Bill

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: I speak today on behalf of the Dignity Party in support of this bill, which essentially gives police officers more powers to demand passwords and gain access to technological devices that they reasonably suspect contain material...

Statutes Amendment (Recidivist and Repeat Offenders) Bill

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: There is so much to cover with this bill that it is difficult to know where to begin, but can I start by saying, as other members have said, that the Dignity Party is very concerned...

Criminal Law Consolidation (Criminal Organisations) Amendment Bill

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: I do not intend to speak for very long, mostly because the Dignity Party has taken views exactly the same as we will be taking on this one on a number of very similar matters in...

Eyre and Western LSA Crime Statistics

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking questions of the Minister for Police about the April 2017 Eyre and Western LSA crime statistics. Leave granted. The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: The most recent Eyre and Western...

Criminal Law Consolidation (Mental Impairment) Amendment Bill

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: Dignity for Disability supports this bill progressing to the committee stage but with some concerns about the mental impairment provisions in the bill. If the government could provide us with some more information to convince us...

Statutes Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Bill

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: I want to begin by making it clear that Dignity for Disability believes that those involved in criminal activity should be dealt with in the strongest possible and necessary manner. However, the bill that we now...

Criminal Law Consolidation (Sexual Offences – Cognitive Impairment) Amendment Bill

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: I will just briefly indicate that Dignity for Disability strongly supports this bill. We have been very pleased to work constructively with the government on this issue and other issues pertaining to the Disability Justice Plan...

Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) (Blood Testing for Diseases) Amendment Bill

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: I speak today on behalf of Dignity for Disability at the second reading of this bill, the Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) (Blood Testing for Diseases) Amendment Bill 2014. We are prepared to support the second reading...

Criminal Law (Sentencing) (Suspended Sentences) Amendment Bill

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: I will speak just briefly today on behalf of Dignity for Disability on this particular bill to indicate that we cannot support the second reading of it, but I would like to say thank you to...

Surveillance Devices Bill

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: I take the floor to put on the record a few comments on behalf of Dignity for Disability on this issue, and indeed from a personal level as well as a proud member of the Adamantine...