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Thursday, 10 May 2012
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Senator HANSON-YOUNG (South Australia) (12:07): 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.