AAP General News (Australia)
04-18-2011
FED:States struggling to cope with boat influx
Three states say they're struggling to deal financially with the growing numbers of
people smugglers facing court in their jurisdictions.
New South Wales .. Queensland and Western Australia have raised funding issues associated
with people smuggling prosecutions.
In a reply to a question from Liberal senator RUSSELL TROOD the federal government
says funding is allocated to states for legal services based on the actual population
of a state or territory rather than the number of federal prisoners within each jurisdiction.
It says none of the states or territories had raised their concerns during talks between
June 2009 and February 2010.
AAP RTV pv/sb/sw
KEYWORD: BOAT STATES (CANBERRA)
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