Police—Missing persons
210. Hon Nick Goiran to the minister representing the Minister for Police:
I refer to the minister's answer to my question without notice on 20 May 2025 in which the house was informed that 26 children are listed with WA Police as a missing person.
(1) For what period of time has each child been listed as missing?
(2) Is there any information that can be made available about any of these children so that the general public can be of assistance, including by being on the lookout for these children?
Hon Matthew Swinbourn replied:
I thank the member for the question. The following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Police. The answer to question (1) is in tabular form, so I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted for the following material to be incorporated.
(1)
|
Missing Child |
Number of full years missing |
|
1 |
71 |
|
2 |
54 |
|
3 |
53 |
|
4 |
52 |
|
5 |
51 |
|
6 |
51 |
|
7 |
50 |
|
8 |
49 |
|
9 |
48 |
|
10 |
47 |
|
11 |
46 |
|
12 |
45 |
|
13 |
44 |
|
14 |
44 |
|
15 |
43 |
|
16 |
43 |
|
17 |
34 |
|
18 |
33 |
|
19 |
33 |
|
20 |
30 |
|
21 |
25 |
|
22 |
17 |
|
23 |
14 |
|
24 |
26 |
|
25 |
4 |
|
26 |
Located |
(2) The Australian Federal Police national missing persons register coordinates media campaigns for key awareness events, including International Missing Children's Day on 25 May and National Missing Persons Week in the first week of August, and other initiatives throughout the year. Information about missing children is also available on the Crime Stoppers website.
