00:02In 2024, electronic monitoring was promised within months by the Chief Minister.
00:07Two years later, the price tag is too large.
00:11Spending $18 million on that in the short term wasn't going to be a priority
00:16when there are a huge range of other priorities both in corrections and right across government.
00:22Ankle bracelets track dangerous offenders coming out of jail.
00:25After consultation with the community sector as well as victim survivors,
00:30monitoring those on intensive correction orders, parole, bail, leave permits, home detention,
00:37post-release supervision and monitoring of domestic and family violence was scoped.
00:42This device could actually tell police and corrections if that person leaves that house and breaks their bail conditions.
00:49The commitment was made in 2024 following a national summit aimed at addressing a crisis
00:54in domestic and family violence.
00:56Anything that we can do to increase safety for those impacted by people's use of violence is incredibly positive.
01:03But the technology, the evidence, the implementation framework of electronic monitoring is wildly complicated.
01:13A live option as late as May this year. By the June budget, the policy had been dropped.
01:18Those on the front line say the government should take care of the basics.
01:22We aren't having the conversation about the fact that there are systems and structures that are existing in place
01:30that are not being utilised effectively.
01:32The government ruled out the domestic violence levy as a funding stream.
01:35Its feasibility study on the policy has not been released.
01:39Nor details of how the system may have worked.
01:41We didn't really get into the weeds of the actual devices themselves.
01:46The Canberra Liberals promised a similar policy ahead of the last election.
01:50The government says it may revisit the idea in future terms.
01:53The American
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