❓ Ms. Davies questions the Premier about the Minister for Corrective Services' performance regarding the Greenough Regional Prison incident and calls for his resignation. The Premier defends the Minister, citing a difficult legacy from the previous government.
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GREENOUGH REGIONAL
PRISON — CRITICAL INCIDENT REVIEW —MINISTER FOR CORRECTIVE
SERVICES
1004. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Given the Premier has brought down two budgets to correct the issues he is blaming
the previous government for, how many more chances will the Minister for
Corrective Services be given for his failures? Will the Premier ask him to
resign as part of the upcoming cabinet reshuffle?
PRISON — CRITICAL INCIDENT REVIEW —MINISTER FOR CORRECTIVE
SERVICES
1004. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Given the Premier has brought down two budgets to correct the issues he is blaming
the previous government for, how many more chances will the Minister for
Corrective Services be given for his failures? Will the Premier ask him to
resign as part of the upcoming cabinet reshuffle?
AnswerView source ↗
No. This minister is dealing with a legacy
that is pretty bad. The legacy that members opposite left us of not enough beds
in the prison estate, not enough prison officers to deal with the arrangements
and an over-reliance on overtime is a difficult legacy to overcome, but he is
doing a very good job in a very difficult portfolio. We will find that any
Minister for Corrective Services will always have to deal with issues inside
the portfolio because that is the nature of it. But what I will never do is
make excuses for people who break the law as those prisoners did. I advise the
Liberal and National Parties to stop standing up for prisoners who break the
law.
that is pretty bad. The legacy that members opposite left us of not enough beds
in the prison estate, not enough prison officers to deal with the arrangements
and an over-reliance on overtime is a difficult legacy to overcome, but he is
doing a very good job in a very difficult portfolio. We will find that any
Minister for Corrective Services will always have to deal with issues inside
the portfolio because that is the nature of it. But what I will never do is
make excuses for people who break the law as those prisoners did. I advise the
Liberal and National Parties to stop standing up for prisoners who break the
law.
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