❓ Mr. Love questions the Premier's refusal to provide information to a parliamentary committee regarding the appointment process for the Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC), citing a change in the relevant act as justification. The Premier defends his position by referencing specific sections of the act.
AnsweredQoN 540Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
CORRUPTION AND CRIME COMMISSION — APPOINTMENT
PROCESS
540. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Premier, quite clearly, you are at odds with your own committee in this matter—the
committee that is chaired by the member for Kalamunda. Why is the Premier
refusing to—
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order!
Mr R.S. LOVE : Why is the Premier refusing to —
The SPEAKER : Just before you continue, member, clearly
what has provoked the interjections is you saying ''your own committee''.
It is a committee of the Parliament. The member can continue the supplementary
question, which is one brief, direct question.
Mr R.S. LOVE : Why is the Premier refusing to respect
the process that has been undertaken under every other Premier and provide the
information required by the committee?
PROCESS
540. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Premier, quite clearly, you are at odds with your own committee in this matter—the
committee that is chaired by the member for Kalamunda. Why is the Premier
refusing to—
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order!
Mr R.S. LOVE : Why is the Premier refusing to —
The SPEAKER : Just before you continue, member, clearly
what has provoked the interjections is you saying ''your own committee''.
It is a committee of the Parliament. The member can continue the supplementary
question, which is one brief, direct question.
Mr R.S. LOVE : Why is the Premier refusing to respect
the process that has been undertaken under every other Premier and provide the
information required by the committee?
AnswerView source ↗
I was going to echo your very words, Madam Speaker. I am not
in control of parliamentary committees. Only the Parliament can control
parliamentary committees. They are the masters of their own destiny. From that
perspective, it would be highly
inappropriate to suggest that a Premier would influence the decision of a parliamentary
committee . In fact —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Mr M.J. Folkard interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Burns Beach!
Mr R.H. COOK : In answer to the member's
question, the difference between what has happened before and what has happened
today is that the act has changed.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Mr R.H. COOK : For the benefit of the member, I will
provide him with the actual wording in the act. Section 9A(1) says —
The Commissioner and Deputy
Commissioner must be appointed on the recommendation of the Premier by the
Governor by commission under the Public Seal of the State.
Section 9A(2) says —
The Premier can recommend the appointment of a person
under subsection (1) only if the following requirements are satisfied —
(a)
the person's name is on a list of 3 persons that is submitted to the
Premier by the nominating committee under section 9B(1);
It is inappropriate that that name be passed on to the
committee. That is what the law says. I know that the committee has a problem
with the fact that this differs in practice from previous arrangements, but
that is what the law today says.
I thank the committee for its report. The government will
respond to it in due course. I respect in the upmost the views of the committee
but on this occasion I disagree.
in control of parliamentary committees. Only the Parliament can control
parliamentary committees. They are the masters of their own destiny. From that
perspective, it would be highly
inappropriate to suggest that a Premier would influence the decision of a parliamentary
committee . In fact —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Mr M.J. Folkard interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Burns Beach!
Mr R.H. COOK : In answer to the member's
question, the difference between what has happened before and what has happened
today is that the act has changed.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Mr R.H. COOK : For the benefit of the member, I will
provide him with the actual wording in the act. Section 9A(1) says —
The Commissioner and Deputy
Commissioner must be appointed on the recommendation of the Premier by the
Governor by commission under the Public Seal of the State.
Section 9A(2) says —
The Premier can recommend the appointment of a person
under subsection (1) only if the following requirements are satisfied —
(a)
the person's name is on a list of 3 persons that is submitted to the
Premier by the nominating committee under section 9B(1);
It is inappropriate that that name be passed on to the
committee. That is what the law says. I know that the committee has a problem
with the fact that this differs in practice from previous arrangements, but
that is what the law today says.
I thank the committee for its report. The government will
respond to it in due course. I respect in the upmost the views of the committee
but on this occasion I disagree.
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