Corrective Services

128. Hon ALISON XAMON to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:

I refer to the machinery of government changes announced on 28 April 2017, and specifically to the announcement that youth prevention and diversionary programs will be transferred from the current Department of Corrective Services to the new Department of Community Services.

(1) Which programs will be transferred to the Department of Community Services?

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [ 6.20 pm ]: I rise tonight to acknowledge the life and the passing of one of Western Australia ’s unsung heroes, Marc Newhouse. Many members will have known or met Marc, and I know that some members also worked with him over the decades. A passionate anti-racism and human rights campaigner, Marc was taken from us far too early and his remarkable life ended in February this year after a battle with cancer.