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Responses to the media

For all news, media releases and media statements after 1 July 2019 visit the Department of Communities and Justice website.

The statements listed here are ministerial and/or departmental responses to media reports that contain inaccurate information about the Department.

Statements are listed here in chronological order. Select a statement title for the full text.

2016

August

02 Aug 2016
For the Record - Small bars continue to grow as drinking landscape recovers from lockouts has numerous errors

April

18 Apr 2016
For the record: Bars oppose new licence fees

17 Apr 2016
For the record: CSNSW responses to matters raised by media

12 Apr 2016
For the Record: TERRORIST CONDUCTS MARRIAGES by James Phelps, page 13

06 Apr 2016
For the record: Liquor, gaming in 'chaos' before lockout laws review

November

03 Nov 2015
Prison watchdog bemoaned lost independence

October

21 Oct 2015
For the Record: 'Recidivism: how can we stop prison's revolving door?'

15 Oct 2015
For the Record: Goulburn Jail becomes an off-shoot of ISIS

15 Oct 2015
For the Record: 'Goulburn Jail becomes an off-shoot of ISIS'

July

20 Jul 2015
For the Record: 'The deadliest of enemies'

April

13 Apr 2015
For the Record: 'Rising prisoner numbers threaten to overwhelm despite jail reopening'

March

08 Mar 2015
For the Record: 'Prison crackdown on radicals as inmates get IS tattoos and share beheading videos'

September

21 Sep 2014
For the Record: 'Cell block terror'

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