The Court found reasonable grounds to believe the respondent was a high risk serious offender under the High Risk Serious Offenders Act 2020 (WA) but declined an interim detention order in favour of an interim supervision order, holding on the facts that the respondent's history of successful community supervision, NDIS support, family accommodation, and the property-damage nature of his fire-setting risk could be adequately managed through stringent supervision conditions including electronic monitoring, a curfew, geographic confinement, and a prohibition on possessing flammable items.
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