Alexander: victims’ support money must be well-directed
United Future’s law and order spokesman, Marc Alexander, is
pleased the Budget will see another $1.5 million directed
towards victims’ support groups, but is concerned that it be
directed towards victims themselves and not just another
bureaucracy.
“It’s plain that many of the initiatives
foreshadowed in the Victims’ Rights legislation have yet to
be implemented, for example the need for better
communication between victims and the justice system.
“In
the past few weeks, we’ve had the situation where the family
of a murder victim was forced to attend a parole hearing on
the anniversary of the death of their family member. That
was an appalling failure of the system and a signal that a
great deal more needs to be achieved in making victims, and
not the perpetrators of crime, central to our justice
system,” he
said.
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