Question on Notice 387/2026: New offences - prohibited expressions

Topic

New offences - prohibited expressions

Question

With reference to the new offences prohibiting recital, distribution, publication or display of prohibited expressions— Will the Minister advise (a) how many full-time equivalent officers and other police staff are currently assigned to policing work, investigations and prosecutions for these offences, (b) how many hours of staff time (either in hours or shifts) have been dedicated to that work since the offences became law, (c) how many individual officers and hours of staff time were dedicated to policing the protests on 11 March and 18 April at which arrests were made and (d) how many individual officers and hours of staff time were dedicated to raiding Dorothy Day house on 20 March 2026?

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