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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 9 Hansard (19 November) . . Page.. 2740 ..
(2) (a) The terms are synonymous.
(b) Chart 6 dealing with "Drug summary information" contains a line of data headed "QLY" (Quarter Last Year). Due to a transcription error, the information in this line contains data from 1996 rather than 1997 (the line of data should read: 243, 253, 64, 124, 153).
(c) See answer 2(b) above.
(d) Arithmetically, it is not possible to calculate a percentage in the circumstances specified (where the divisor is zero). In future, increases from a base of zero will contain either, where appropriate, a note drawing the reader's attention to the increase or the symbol "-".
(e) Table 7 lists the type of drug seized. The measurement refers to the number of each drug type seized. The drug seized data includes drugs seized in the Jervis Bay Territory but excludes seizures involving the National Crime Authority. The figures include seizures awaiting analysis to confirm the presence of an illegal substance. For each type of drug seized the `confirmed' drug type is used where available otherwise the `suspected' drug type has been used.
(f) No.
The Profile is in the process of being upgraded in the light of discussions with the Australian Federal Police and the Magistrates Court earlier this year.
APPROVED FOR TABLING
GARY HUMPHRIES
MINISTER FOR JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY
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