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Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander says there were 4,494 criminal offences committed between May and September.

He made this disclosure in response to a question from Opposition Senator Melanie Roberts-Radgman in the Senate on November 14. Out of this number, 1,504 offences were detected by the police.

Alexander said the police's information technology department is currently reviewing the process of publishing data on its website. He added the figures he mentioned were posted on the website on October 24.