What are the Governments plans to use DNA technology to fight crime?
Mr CARR: Science and the law are rapidly catching up with criminals. DNA technology is the fingerprint of the twenty-first century. The Government intends to introduce laws enabling police to collect DNA samples Mr SPEAKER: Order! I call the honourable member for Pittwater to order. Mr CARR: The police will be able to match the DNA samples against those from crime scenes and set up a DNA database. The legislation will commence on 1 January 2001. This proposal is the most advanced and effective crime-fighting tool ever provided to police and forms part of Commissioner Ryan’s plan to make the New South Wales Police Service the smartest and most intelligence-driven police service in the world. The presence of an eyelash or a tiny graft of skin at a crime scene can be all that police need. The police collect the sample and match the sample with the criminal in one of two ways: either by taking a sample from the suspect and comparing it with that from the crime scene, or by checking the cri
