Is the Minister—[ Interruption] I will continue when they have settled down over there; I know that being in Opposition is boring. Is the Minister aware of figures released by the then Minister of Corrections, Dr Nick Smith, that 42 percent of all samples taken from inmates in a new anti-drug regime showed that those inmates were, in fact, drug positive, and can he assure this House that the situation in prisons has improved markedly since the failed regime in prisons of Dr Smith and the National Government?
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I can confirm that random drug testing now has identified a figure of 13 percent—not 42 percent as occurred under the National Government. I consider that progress.
Ron MarkI seek leave of the House to table the Parole Board’s decision to grant recidivist sex offender John Clarke back-end home detention, which states that he will not present an undue risk to the safety of the community.