Question follow-through · 63146

Non-crime Hate Incidents

To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the recording of non-crime hate incidents on the sentencing of individuals in future criminal proceedings.

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Attorney General
Tabled
26 Jun 2025
Target answer date
30 Jun 2025
Answer
4 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 26 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the recording of non-crime hate incidents on the sentencing of individuals in future criminal proceedings.

  2. 30 Jun 2025

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  3. 4 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    All factual matters material to a criminal sentence must be admitted by the offender or proven in a court to the criminal standard using admissible evidence. By definition, the recording of a previous incident as “non-crime” is unlikely to meet that stand...

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