❓ Question regarding the powers granted to Mr. Hooker for an inquiry, specifically whether the Minister for Justice is compelled to provide documents. The Minister asserts Mr. Hooker has the necessary power via the terms of reference, based on advice from the State Solicitor.
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I refer the minister to her ministerial today in which she said - In order to complete his inquiry, Mr Hooker has been given authority under section 44 of the Court Security and Custodial Services Act 1999 and section 11 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994. (1) Is the minister aware that section 44 of the Court Security and Custodial Services Act 1999 and section 11 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 do not provide Mr Hooker with the power to direct or compel the Minister for Justice to produce documents or other information for the purposes of his inquiry? (2) Will the minister now give Mr Hooker those powers? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS
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(1) Yes. (2) Mr Hooker has that power under the authority of these terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Perhaps the Opposition needs to be aware that the State Solicitor, Mr Tim Sharp, has advised my office that these two pages are, in fact, the terms of reference. Of course there are times when plain English and the law are two different things. I am surprised that the member for Nedlands is not aware of that distinction. The advice to me is that the entire two pages, not just what appears in those two sections, are the terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
(2) Will the minister now give Mr Hooker those powers? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (1) Yes. (2) Mr Hooker has that power under the authority of these terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Perhaps the Opposition needs to be aware that the State Solicitor, Mr Tim Sharp, has advised my office that these two pages are, in fact, the terms of reference. Of course there are times when plain English and the law are two different things. I am surprised that the member for Nedlands is not aware of that distinction. The advice to me is that the entire two pages, not just what appears in those two sections, are the terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (1) Yes. (2) Mr Hooker has that power under the authority of these terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Perhaps the Opposition needs to be aware that the State Solicitor, Mr Tim Sharp, has advised my office that these two pages are, in fact, the terms of reference. Of course there are times when plain English and the law are two different things. I am surprised that the member for Nedlands is not aware of that distinction. The advice to me is that the entire two pages, not just what appears in those two sections, are the terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
(1) Yes. (2) Mr Hooker has that power under the authority of these terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Perhaps the Opposition needs to be aware that the State Solicitor, Mr Tim Sharp, has advised my office that these two pages are, in fact, the terms of reference. Of course there are times when plain English and the law are two different things. I am surprised that the member for Nedlands is not aware of that distinction. The advice to me is that the entire two pages, not just what appears in those two sections, are the terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
(2) Mr Hooker has that power under the authority of these terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Perhaps the Opposition needs to be aware that the State Solicitor, Mr Tim Sharp, has advised my office that these two pages are, in fact, the terms of reference. Of course there are times when plain English and the law are two different things. I am surprised that the member for Nedlands is not aware of that distinction. The advice to me is that the entire two pages, not just what appears in those two sections, are the terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Perhaps the Opposition needs to be aware that the State Solicitor, Mr Tim Sharp, has advised my office that these two pages are, in fact, the terms of reference. Of course there are times when plain English and the law are two different things. I am surprised that the member for Nedlands is not aware of that distinction. The advice to me is that the entire two pages, not just what appears in those two sections, are the terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Perhaps the Opposition needs to be aware that the State Solicitor, Mr Tim Sharp, has advised my office that these two pages are, in fact, the terms of reference. Of course there are times when plain English and the law are two different things. I am surprised that the member for Nedlands is not aware of that distinction. The advice to me is that the entire two pages, not just what appears in those two sections, are the terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Perhaps the Opposition needs to be aware that the State Solicitor, Mr Tim Sharp, has advised my office that these two pages are, in fact, the terms of reference. Of course there are times when plain English and the law are two different things. I am surprised that the member for Nedlands is not aware of that distinction. The advice to me is that the entire two pages, not just what appears in those two sections, are the terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
(2) Will the minister now give Mr Hooker those powers? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (1) Yes. (2) Mr Hooker has that power under the authority of these terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Perhaps the Opposition needs to be aware that the State Solicitor, Mr Tim Sharp, has advised my office that these two pages are, in fact, the terms of reference. Of course there are times when plain English and the law are two different things. I am surprised that the member for Nedlands is not aware of that distinction. The advice to me is that the entire two pages, not just what appears in those two sections, are the terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (1) Yes. (2) Mr Hooker has that power under the authority of these terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Perhaps the Opposition needs to be aware that the State Solicitor, Mr Tim Sharp, has advised my office that these two pages are, in fact, the terms of reference. Of course there are times when plain English and the law are two different things. I am surprised that the member for Nedlands is not aware of that distinction. The advice to me is that the entire two pages, not just what appears in those two sections, are the terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
(1) Yes. (2) Mr Hooker has that power under the authority of these terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Perhaps the Opposition needs to be aware that the State Solicitor, Mr Tim Sharp, has advised my office that these two pages are, in fact, the terms of reference. Of course there are times when plain English and the law are two different things. I am surprised that the member for Nedlands is not aware of that distinction. The advice to me is that the entire two pages, not just what appears in those two sections, are the terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
(2) Mr Hooker has that power under the authority of these terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Perhaps the Opposition needs to be aware that the State Solicitor, Mr Tim Sharp, has advised my office that these two pages are, in fact, the terms of reference. Of course there are times when plain English and the law are two different things. I am surprised that the member for Nedlands is not aware of that distinction. The advice to me is that the entire two pages, not just what appears in those two sections, are the terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Perhaps the Opposition needs to be aware that the State Solicitor, Mr Tim Sharp, has advised my office that these two pages are, in fact, the terms of reference. Of course there are times when plain English and the law are two different things. I am surprised that the member for Nedlands is not aware of that distinction. The advice to me is that the entire two pages, not just what appears in those two sections, are the terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Perhaps the Opposition needs to be aware that the State Solicitor, Mr Tim Sharp, has advised my office that these two pages are, in fact, the terms of reference. Of course there are times when plain English and the law are two different things. I am surprised that the member for Nedlands is not aware of that distinction. The advice to me is that the entire two pages, not just what appears in those two sections, are the terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Perhaps the Opposition needs to be aware that the State Solicitor, Mr Tim Sharp, has advised my office that these two pages are, in fact, the terms of reference. Of course there are times when plain English and the law are two different things. I am surprised that the member for Nedlands is not aware of that distinction. The advice to me is that the entire two pages, not just what appears in those two sections, are the terms of reference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: It is made clear on these two pages that I will be offering full cooperation, as will my office.
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