❓ Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich questions the Attorney General regarding the Crown Solicitor's involvement in an unfair dismissal case, costs associated with defending the Speaker and a member, and the case's omission from court lists. The Attorney General claims he was not given notice and declines to answer immediately.
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I refer to the unfair dismissal claim lodged in the Industrial Magistrate’s Court on 2 March 2000 by Yvonne Poole that was listed for hearing on 9 and 10 August 2000. (1) Why was the Crown Solicitor engaged in the case and is it standard practice? (2) Will the Attorney General undertake to table by close of business tomorrow - (a) the legal costs of the defence provided to the Speaker and the member for Southern River; (b) the total cost to taxpayers of defending the case? If not, why not? (3) Was the Attorney General or his office involved in any way in the failure to include the case in either the court list published in The West Australian or in the daily court lists in the court building? (4) If not, what are the reasons for this failure? Hon PETER FOSS
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I do not have notice of the question. Hon Tom Stephens: You do not have to - you are the Attorney General. Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition would have to be the prize idiot in this place. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
(1) Why was the Crown Solicitor engaged in the case and is it standard practice? (2) Will the Attorney General undertake to table by close of business tomorrow - (a) the legal costs of the defence provided to the Speaker and the member for Southern River; (b) the total cost to taxpayers of defending the case? If not, why not? (3) Was the Attorney General or his office involved in any way in the failure to include the case in either the court list published in The West Australian or in the daily court lists in the court building? (4) If not, what are the reasons for this failure? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I do not have notice of the question. Hon Tom Stephens: You do not have to - you are the Attorney General. Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition would have to be the prize idiot in this place. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
(2) Will the Attorney General undertake to table by close of business tomorrow - (a) the legal costs of the defence provided to the Speaker and the member for Southern River; (b) the total cost to taxpayers of defending the case? If not, why not? (3) Was the Attorney General or his office involved in any way in the failure to include the case in either the court list published in The West Australian or in the daily court lists in the court building? (4) If not, what are the reasons for this failure? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I do not have notice of the question. Hon Tom Stephens: You do not have to - you are the Attorney General. Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition would have to be the prize idiot in this place. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
(a) the legal costs of the defence provided to the Speaker and the member for Southern River; (b) the total cost to taxpayers of defending the case? If not, why not? (3) Was the Attorney General or his office involved in any way in the failure to include the case in either the court list published in The West Australian or in the daily court lists in the court building? (4) If not, what are the reasons for this failure? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I do not have notice of the question. Hon Tom Stephens: You do not have to - you are the Attorney General. Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition would have to be the prize idiot in this place. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
If not, why not?
(4) If not, what are the reasons for this failure? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I do not have notice of the question. Hon Tom Stephens: You do not have to - you are the Attorney General. Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition would have to be the prize idiot in this place. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon PETER FOSS replied: I do not have notice of the question. Hon Tom Stephens: You do not have to - you are the Attorney General. Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition would have to be the prize idiot in this place. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
I do not have notice of the question. Hon Tom Stephens: You do not have to - you are the Attorney General. Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition would have to be the prize idiot in this place. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon Tom Stephens: You do not have to - you are the Attorney General. Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition would have to be the prize idiot in this place. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition would have to be the prize idiot in this place. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
(1) Why was the Crown Solicitor engaged in the case and is it standard practice? (2) Will the Attorney General undertake to table by close of business tomorrow - (a) the legal costs of the defence provided to the Speaker and the member for Southern River; (b) the total cost to taxpayers of defending the case? If not, why not? (3) Was the Attorney General or his office involved in any way in the failure to include the case in either the court list published in The West Australian or in the daily court lists in the court building? (4) If not, what are the reasons for this failure? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I do not have notice of the question. Hon Tom Stephens: You do not have to - you are the Attorney General. Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition would have to be the prize idiot in this place. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
(2) Will the Attorney General undertake to table by close of business tomorrow - (a) the legal costs of the defence provided to the Speaker and the member for Southern River; (b) the total cost to taxpayers of defending the case? If not, why not? (3) Was the Attorney General or his office involved in any way in the failure to include the case in either the court list published in The West Australian or in the daily court lists in the court building? (4) If not, what are the reasons for this failure? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I do not have notice of the question. Hon Tom Stephens: You do not have to - you are the Attorney General. Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition would have to be the prize idiot in this place. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
(a) the legal costs of the defence provided to the Speaker and the member for Southern River; (b) the total cost to taxpayers of defending the case? If not, why not? (3) Was the Attorney General or his office involved in any way in the failure to include the case in either the court list published in The West Australian or in the daily court lists in the court building? (4) If not, what are the reasons for this failure? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I do not have notice of the question. Hon Tom Stephens: You do not have to - you are the Attorney General. Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition would have to be the prize idiot in this place. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
If not, why not?
(4) If not, what are the reasons for this failure? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I do not have notice of the question. Hon Tom Stephens: You do not have to - you are the Attorney General. Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition would have to be the prize idiot in this place. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon PETER FOSS replied: I do not have notice of the question. Hon Tom Stephens: You do not have to - you are the Attorney General. Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition would have to be the prize idiot in this place. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
I do not have notice of the question. Hon Tom Stephens: You do not have to - you are the Attorney General. Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition would have to be the prize idiot in this place. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon Tom Stephens: You do not have to - you are the Attorney General. Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition would have to be the prize idiot in this place. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition would have to be the prize idiot in this place. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
The PRESIDENT: Order, members! Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon PETER FOSS: The Leader of the Opposition thinks I am supposed to know who farts in prison every day as well! Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Not surprisingly, and quite apart from anything else, matters of a judicial nature are not my responsibility. The people responsible for those matters are responsible directly to Parliament. I could just as easily ask the Leader of the Opposition what he knows about that. So far as any administrative matter is concerned regarding the minutiae of each day, I require a bit of notice. I assume that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich is intelligent enough to have given notice. Assuming that she was intelligent enough to give notice, it may very well be that an answer can be provided later on. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: So you know nothing about it? Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon PETER FOSS: No, I do not, strangely enough. I do not think I should know anything about it either. I would have a quite extraordinary, super computer mind to know about everybody who moves in every court in Western Australia on every day. I do not happen to know. I would be happy, with the appropriate amount of notice, to deal with the matter. I will not give any of the undertakings for which the members ask. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
The PRESIDENT: Order! I do not know if members grasp what is going on but the Attorney General is trying to say that he does not have a written answer. I am not denigrating anyone. Yesterday some members missed out on asking questions and it looks as though they will finish in the same position today. Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon PETER FOSS: I am happy to respond to interjections, as long as members continue to make them. Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon PETER FOSS: Is Hon Tom Helm happy with my answer? Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon Tom Helm: Sit! Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
Hon PETER FOSS: Thank you!
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