❓ A WA parliamentary question regarding the impact of a crisis involving Magistrate Bloemen on Kimberley court hearings is met with a highly defensive and accusatory response from the Attorney General, who deflects by attacking the questioner's past conduct.
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MAGISTRATE BLOEMEN - KIMBERLEY REGION COURT HEARINGS
(1) Why has the Attorney General not advised the Parliament that, as a result of the current crisis in the Kimberley involving Magistrate Bloemen, all hearings and trials listed across the Kimberley region for this week have been vacated? (2) How many trials and hearings have been aborted or vacated as a result of this crisis? (3) How many witnesses have been inconvenienced? I think the number is quite considerable, according to the Aboriginal Legal Service. (4) What has this latest crisis concerning Magistrate Bloemen cost the state? Mr J.A. McGINTY
(1) Why has the Attorney General not advised the Parliament that, as a result of the current crisis in the Kimberley involving Magistrate Bloemen, all hearings and trials listed across the Kimberley region for this week have been vacated? (2) How many trials and hearings have been aborted or vacated as a result of this crisis? (3) How many witnesses have been inconvenienced? I think the number is quite considerable, according to the Aboriginal Legal Service. (4) What has this latest crisis concerning Magistrate Bloemen cost the state? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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(1)-(4) I was going to make the point that the member for Nedlands is an expert at aborted trials and inconvenience to witnesses. As a result of her negligence - one might also say recklessness - the trial of a major criminal, a person accused of major criminal activity in this state, was aborted. The member came into this chamber and recklessly caused the trial to be aborted. That is why throughout the legal profession today people shake their heads in disbelief that she is a spokesperson on these matters for the opposition. She is an embarrassment. I am still waiting to hear an apology from her for that aborted trial. It is not enough to say that it is regretted, given the expense that she has put the state to and the inconvenience she has put the witnesses to. A person facing major criminal charges in the state had his trial aborted on the fourth day because of the member’s recklessness. That is a result of the member’s own activity. The member for Nedlands should not dare to speak to anybody in this house about aborted trials.
(2) How many trials and hearings have been aborted or vacated as a result of this crisis? (3) How many witnesses have been inconvenienced? I think the number is quite considerable, according to the Aboriginal Legal Service. (4) What has this latest crisis concerning Magistrate Bloemen cost the state? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(4) I was going to make the point that the member for Nedlands is an expert at aborted trials and inconvenience to witnesses. As a result of her negligence - one might also say recklessness - the trial of a major criminal, a person accused of major criminal activity in this state, was aborted. The member came into this chamber and recklessly caused the trial to be aborted. That is why throughout the legal profession today people shake their heads in disbelief that she is a spokesperson on these matters for the opposition. She is an embarrassment. I am still waiting to hear an apology from her for that aborted trial. It is not enough to say that it is regretted, given the expense that she has put the state to and the inconvenience she has put the witnesses to. A person facing major criminal charges in the state had his trial aborted on the fourth day because of the member’s recklessness. That is a result of the member’s own activity. The member for Nedlands should not dare to speak to anybody in this house about aborted trials.
(3) How many witnesses have been inconvenienced? I think the number is quite considerable, according to the Aboriginal Legal Service. (4) What has this latest crisis concerning Magistrate Bloemen cost the state? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(4) I was going to make the point that the member for Nedlands is an expert at aborted trials and inconvenience to witnesses. As a result of her negligence - one might also say recklessness - the trial of a major criminal, a person accused of major criminal activity in this state, was aborted. The member came into this chamber and recklessly caused the trial to be aborted. That is why throughout the legal profession today people shake their heads in disbelief that she is a spokesperson on these matters for the opposition. She is an embarrassment. I am still waiting to hear an apology from her for that aborted trial. It is not enough to say that it is regretted, given the expense that she has put the state to and the inconvenience she has put the witnesses to. A person facing major criminal charges in the state had his trial aborted on the fourth day because of the member’s recklessness. That is a result of the member’s own activity. The member for Nedlands should not dare to speak to anybody in this house about aborted trials.
(4) What has this latest crisis concerning Magistrate Bloemen cost the state? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(4) I was going to make the point that the member for Nedlands is an expert at aborted trials and inconvenience to witnesses. As a result of her negligence - one might also say recklessness - the trial of a major criminal, a person accused of major criminal activity in this state, was aborted. The member came into this chamber and recklessly caused the trial to be aborted. That is why throughout the legal profession today people shake their heads in disbelief that she is a spokesperson on these matters for the opposition. She is an embarrassment. I am still waiting to hear an apology from her for that aborted trial. It is not enough to say that it is regretted, given the expense that she has put the state to and the inconvenience she has put the witnesses to. A person facing major criminal charges in the state had his trial aborted on the fourth day because of the member’s recklessness. That is a result of the member’s own activity. The member for Nedlands should not dare to speak to anybody in this house about aborted trials.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(4) I was going to make the point that the member for Nedlands is an expert at aborted trials and inconvenience to witnesses. As a result of her negligence - one might also say recklessness - the trial of a major criminal, a person accused of major criminal activity in this state, was aborted. The member came into this chamber and recklessly caused the trial to be aborted. That is why throughout the legal profession today people shake their heads in disbelief that she is a spokesperson on these matters for the opposition. She is an embarrassment. I am still waiting to hear an apology from her for that aborted trial. It is not enough to say that it is regretted, given the expense that she has put the state to and the inconvenience she has put the witnesses to. A person facing major criminal charges in the state had his trial aborted on the fourth day because of the member’s recklessness. That is a result of the member’s own activity. The member for Nedlands should not dare to speak to anybody in this house about aborted trials.
(1)-(4) I was going to make the point that the member for Nedlands is an expert at aborted trials and inconvenience to witnesses. As a result of her negligence - one might also say recklessness - the trial of a major criminal, a person accused of major criminal activity in this state, was aborted. The member came into this chamber and recklessly caused the trial to be aborted. That is why throughout the legal profession today people shake their heads in disbelief that she is a spokesperson on these matters for the opposition. She is an embarrassment. I am still waiting to hear an apology from her for that aborted trial. It is not enough to say that it is regretted, given the expense that she has put the state to and the inconvenience she has put the witnesses to. A person facing major criminal charges in the state had his trial aborted on the fourth day because of the member’s recklessness. That is a result of the member’s own activity. The member for Nedlands should not dare to speak to anybody in this house about aborted trials.
(2) How many trials and hearings have been aborted or vacated as a result of this crisis? (3) How many witnesses have been inconvenienced? I think the number is quite considerable, according to the Aboriginal Legal Service. (4) What has this latest crisis concerning Magistrate Bloemen cost the state? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(4) I was going to make the point that the member for Nedlands is an expert at aborted trials and inconvenience to witnesses. As a result of her negligence - one might also say recklessness - the trial of a major criminal, a person accused of major criminal activity in this state, was aborted. The member came into this chamber and recklessly caused the trial to be aborted. That is why throughout the legal profession today people shake their heads in disbelief that she is a spokesperson on these matters for the opposition. She is an embarrassment. I am still waiting to hear an apology from her for that aborted trial. It is not enough to say that it is regretted, given the expense that she has put the state to and the inconvenience she has put the witnesses to. A person facing major criminal charges in the state had his trial aborted on the fourth day because of the member’s recklessness. That is a result of the member’s own activity. The member for Nedlands should not dare to speak to anybody in this house about aborted trials.
(3) How many witnesses have been inconvenienced? I think the number is quite considerable, according to the Aboriginal Legal Service. (4) What has this latest crisis concerning Magistrate Bloemen cost the state? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(4) I was going to make the point that the member for Nedlands is an expert at aborted trials and inconvenience to witnesses. As a result of her negligence - one might also say recklessness - the trial of a major criminal, a person accused of major criminal activity in this state, was aborted. The member came into this chamber and recklessly caused the trial to be aborted. That is why throughout the legal profession today people shake their heads in disbelief that she is a spokesperson on these matters for the opposition. She is an embarrassment. I am still waiting to hear an apology from her for that aborted trial. It is not enough to say that it is regretted, given the expense that she has put the state to and the inconvenience she has put the witnesses to. A person facing major criminal charges in the state had his trial aborted on the fourth day because of the member’s recklessness. That is a result of the member’s own activity. The member for Nedlands should not dare to speak to anybody in this house about aborted trials.
(4) What has this latest crisis concerning Magistrate Bloemen cost the state? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(4) I was going to make the point that the member for Nedlands is an expert at aborted trials and inconvenience to witnesses. As a result of her negligence - one might also say recklessness - the trial of a major criminal, a person accused of major criminal activity in this state, was aborted. The member came into this chamber and recklessly caused the trial to be aborted. That is why throughout the legal profession today people shake their heads in disbelief that she is a spokesperson on these matters for the opposition. She is an embarrassment. I am still waiting to hear an apology from her for that aborted trial. It is not enough to say that it is regretted, given the expense that she has put the state to and the inconvenience she has put the witnesses to. A person facing major criminal charges in the state had his trial aborted on the fourth day because of the member’s recklessness. That is a result of the member’s own activity. The member for Nedlands should not dare to speak to anybody in this house about aborted trials.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(4) I was going to make the point that the member for Nedlands is an expert at aborted trials and inconvenience to witnesses. As a result of her negligence - one might also say recklessness - the trial of a major criminal, a person accused of major criminal activity in this state, was aborted. The member came into this chamber and recklessly caused the trial to be aborted. That is why throughout the legal profession today people shake their heads in disbelief that she is a spokesperson on these matters for the opposition. She is an embarrassment. I am still waiting to hear an apology from her for that aborted trial. It is not enough to say that it is regretted, given the expense that she has put the state to and the inconvenience she has put the witnesses to. A person facing major criminal charges in the state had his trial aborted on the fourth day because of the member’s recklessness. That is a result of the member’s own activity. The member for Nedlands should not dare to speak to anybody in this house about aborted trials.
(1)-(4) I was going to make the point that the member for Nedlands is an expert at aborted trials and inconvenience to witnesses. As a result of her negligence - one might also say recklessness - the trial of a major criminal, a person accused of major criminal activity in this state, was aborted. The member came into this chamber and recklessly caused the trial to be aborted. That is why throughout the legal profession today people shake their heads in disbelief that she is a spokesperson on these matters for the opposition. She is an embarrassment. I am still waiting to hear an apology from her for that aborted trial. It is not enough to say that it is regretted, given the expense that she has put the state to and the inconvenience she has put the witnesses to. A person facing major criminal charges in the state had his trial aborted on the fourth day because of the member’s recklessness. That is a result of the member’s own activity. The member for Nedlands should not dare to speak to anybody in this house about aborted trials.
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