It has been heartening to hear the across-the-board support for the Custodial Inspector and their work and their role. Thank you for your contributions there.
It gives me pleasure to move the Custodial Inspector Amendment (Protection from Reprisal) Bill 2025. At the outset I want to acknowledge the work of the Custodial Inspector.
It is noted that some offences exist within both the Police Offences Act 1935 and the Criminal Code Act 1924 that are relevant, but this framework is imperfect.
It is a process that allows the court to make a determination on the DPP's submission about the risk to the community if that person if they're released without any conditions.
On balance, we the Greens absolutely believe that this reform is critical, and it will deliver wide benefits across the community.
However, that doesn't preclude it needing to represent in a more fulsome way, the nature of the parliament as it stands at the moment.
The origins of this bill are from some fundamental failures in governance and oversight of government businesses.
There are many other Tasmanians who have hit against what appears to them an administrative wall at a time of grief when they want to have access to records.
This is a profoundly important bill. It builds on something the Greens have long campaigned for. We're not alone in this place on this.
Our GBEs, or at least most of our GBEs, are critical to many people in Tasmania, whether it's because they provide employment or services or products, they are critically ...