8315 (2024). Hon Dr Duncan Webb to the Minister of Police

8315 (2024). Hon Dr Duncan Webb to the Minister of Police: What is the nature of the detailed information held by the Gang Harm Insights Centre, and does it include breakdown of convictions, charges, and active membership by gang?

Hon Mark Mitchell: I am advised that the Gang Harm Insights Centre (GHIC) is a multi-agency strategic insights group which actively partners to deliver holistic, actionable, and timely insights, enabling agencies to empower communities in making a difference to gang-related harm. The GHIC seeks to provide a holistic understanding of the harm caused by, to, and within the gang environment by looking at the drivers behind harmful behaviour, working with community members to have their voice at the centre of the work, and incorporating partner agency information. The GHIC has an Approved Information Sharing Agreement (AISA) between the 12 agencies which authorises the sharing of information about gangs and gang-related harm, enabling agencies to take steps to reduce this harm. The intent is not to enable broad bilateral information sharing between the parties, rather to provide legal authority for highly managed information sharing and insights generation with the GHIC at the centre of all information flows. The GHIC does not hold information on convictions and charges by gang, but this information can be readily retrieved through the AISA mechanism. Gang membership is held by Police, however the GHIC takes an active role in ensuring quality of this information and continuous improvement of the established processes.