❓ Hon Tjorn Sibma questions the government's future approach to appointing Corruption and Crime Commissioners, specifically if they will continue using legislation to name replacements. The government states they would only use similar legislation if the independent committee's candidate cannot be appointed under the existing Act, which is currently under review.
AnsweredQoN 333Legislative Council
Asked
22 June 2021
Member
Portfolio
parliamentary secretary representing the Attorney General
QuestionView source ↗
CORRUPTION AND CRIME COMMISSIONER — REAPPOINTMENT
333. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Attorney General:
By way of explanation, I have
confirmed that limbs (2) and (3) of the question are redundant and I am focused
on question (1), as identified in the written question.
I refer to the Corruption, Crime
and Misconduct Amendment Bill 2021. Will the government continue with the precedent of appointment that it is establishing
by way of this bill and seek to introduce a further bill or bills naming a replacement commissioner to the Corruption and Crime Commission should the
position become vacant for any reason before the conclusion of Mr McKechnie's
five-year term?
333. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Attorney General:
By way of explanation, I have
confirmed that limbs (2) and (3) of the question are redundant and I am focused
on question (1), as identified in the written question.
I refer to the Corruption, Crime
and Misconduct Amendment Bill 2021. Will the government continue with the precedent of appointment that it is establishing
by way of this bill and seek to introduce a further bill or bills naming a replacement commissioner to the Corruption and Crime Commission should the
position become vacant for any reason before the conclusion of Mr McKechnie's
five-year term?
AnswerView source ↗
I
thank the member for some notice of the question. I provide the following response
on behalf of the Attorney General.
The
government would consider similar legislation to the Corruption, Crime and
Misconduct Amendment Bill 2021 only if the outstanding candidate, as
chosen by the independent nominating committee chaired by the Chief Justice of Western
Australia, was not able to be appointed by the method under the Corruption,
Crime and Misconduct Act 2003. The
Department of Justice is currently conducting a full review of the act, which
includes the appointment process set out under section 9. This is being
done with a view to Parliament having the opportunity to debate reforms to the current section 9 process, which has
been the subject of multiple calls for amendment, including by Hon Nick
Goiran as Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime
Commission in the thirty-ninth Parliament and Gail Archer, Senior Counsel, in
her statutory review of the act.
thank the member for some notice of the question. I provide the following response
on behalf of the Attorney General.
The
government would consider similar legislation to the Corruption, Crime and
Misconduct Amendment Bill 2021 only if the outstanding candidate, as
chosen by the independent nominating committee chaired by the Chief Justice of Western
Australia, was not able to be appointed by the method under the Corruption,
Crime and Misconduct Act 2003. The
Department of Justice is currently conducting a full review of the act, which
includes the appointment process set out under section 9. This is being
done with a view to Parliament having the opportunity to debate reforms to the current section 9 process, which has
been the subject of multiple calls for amendment, including by Hon Nick
Goiran as Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime
Commission in the thirty-ninth Parliament and Gail Archer, Senior Counsel, in
her statutory review of the act.
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