❓ Barnett asks Gallop to confirm if a minister faced adverse allegations in the police corruption Royal Commission. Gallop refuses, citing legal restrictions and accuses Barnett of smearing people and disrespecting the Royal Commission.
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I refer to my question in this House on 26 February 2003 in relation to the possible naming of cabinet ministers in the Royal Commission Into Whether There Has Been Any Corrupt or Criminal Conduct by Western Australian Police Officers, and I ask the Premier again: will the Premier please confirm to the House that at least one minister in his Cabinet has been the subject of adverse allegations in the royal commission into police corruption? Dr G.I. GALLOP
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I was asked this question in the last sitting week. I gave the appropriate answer in this Parliament. Let me remind the House of the background to this situation. The Parliament of Western Australia has passed a very important piece of legislation that enables the Government of the day to set up royal commissions. That legislation passed and endorsed by this Parliament allows for a royal commissioner to make judgments on a daily basis about, for example, whether an issue should be treated in open session or closed session and whether suppression orders should be associated with a particular issue. It is incumbent upon me as the Premier of Western Australia to respect that law. The Leader of the Opposition has come into this Parliament with no intent other than to smear people. Make no mistake about that. I repeat what the royal commissioner told me. Mr C.J. Barnett: He did not say anything to me. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I tabled the letter in the Parliament. I remind the member what it says - I advise that on occasions, where necessary, I have made orders pursuant to s12 of the Royal Commission (Police) Act 2002 to the effect that names of persons referred to in evidence, or any information, evidence, photographs or representation that might identify those persons, are not to be published. To avoid contravening those orders, it is inappropriate to provide any information concerning the persons who have or have not been the subject of orders under s12 of the Act. As you would be aware s12(2) provides a penalty for an offence of making a publication in contravention of a direction given under the section. There is only one person in Western Australia in the dock today, and that is the Leader of the Opposition. That dock is well and truly situated in the gutter of Western Australian politics. I say this to the Leader of the Opposition: get out of the gutter and allow the royal commission to do its job.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I was asked this question in the last sitting week. I gave the appropriate answer in this Parliament. Let me remind the House of the background to this situation. The Parliament of Western Australia has passed a very important piece of legislation that enables the Government of the day to set up royal commissions. That legislation passed and endorsed by this Parliament allows for a royal commissioner to make judgments on a daily basis about, for example, whether an issue should be treated in open session or closed session and whether suppression orders should be associated with a particular issue. It is incumbent upon me as the Premier of Western Australia to respect that law. The Leader of the Opposition has come into this Parliament with no intent other than to smear people. Make no mistake about that. I repeat what the royal commissioner told me. Mr C.J. Barnett: He did not say anything to me. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I tabled the letter in the Parliament. I remind the member what it says - I advise that on occasions, where necessary, I have made orders pursuant to s12 of the Royal Commission (Police) Act 2002 to the effect that names of persons referred to in evidence, or any information, evidence, photographs or representation that might identify those persons, are not to be published. To avoid contravening those orders, it is inappropriate to provide any information concerning the persons who have or have not been the subject of orders under s12 of the Act. As you would be aware s12(2) provides a penalty for an offence of making a publication in contravention of a direction given under the section. There is only one person in Western Australia in the dock today, and that is the Leader of the Opposition. That dock is well and truly situated in the gutter of Western Australian politics. I say this to the Leader of the Opposition: get out of the gutter and allow the royal commission to do its job.
I was asked this question in the last sitting week. I gave the appropriate answer in this Parliament. Let me remind the House of the background to this situation. The Parliament of Western Australia has passed a very important piece of legislation that enables the Government of the day to set up royal commissions. That legislation passed and endorsed by this Parliament allows for a royal commissioner to make judgments on a daily basis about, for example, whether an issue should be treated in open session or closed session and whether suppression orders should be associated with a particular issue. It is incumbent upon me as the Premier of Western Australia to respect that law. The Leader of the Opposition has come into this Parliament with no intent other than to smear people. Make no mistake about that. I repeat what the royal commissioner told me. Mr C.J. Barnett: He did not say anything to me. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I tabled the letter in the Parliament. I remind the member what it says - I advise that on occasions, where necessary, I have made orders pursuant to s12 of the Royal Commission (Police) Act 2002 to the effect that names of persons referred to in evidence, or any information, evidence, photographs or representation that might identify those persons, are not to be published. To avoid contravening those orders, it is inappropriate to provide any information concerning the persons who have or have not been the subject of orders under s12 of the Act. As you would be aware s12(2) provides a penalty for an offence of making a publication in contravention of a direction given under the section. There is only one person in Western Australia in the dock today, and that is the Leader of the Opposition. That dock is well and truly situated in the gutter of Western Australian politics. I say this to the Leader of the Opposition: get out of the gutter and allow the royal commission to do its job.
Mr C.J. Barnett: He did not say anything to me. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I tabled the letter in the Parliament. I remind the member what it says - I advise that on occasions, where necessary, I have made orders pursuant to s12 of the Royal Commission (Police) Act 2002 to the effect that names of persons referred to in evidence, or any information, evidence, photographs or representation that might identify those persons, are not to be published. To avoid contravening those orders, it is inappropriate to provide any information concerning the persons who have or have not been the subject of orders under s12 of the Act. As you would be aware s12(2) provides a penalty for an offence of making a publication in contravention of a direction given under the section. There is only one person in Western Australia in the dock today, and that is the Leader of the Opposition. That dock is well and truly situated in the gutter of Western Australian politics. I say this to the Leader of the Opposition: get out of the gutter and allow the royal commission to do its job.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: I tabled the letter in the Parliament. I remind the member what it says - I advise that on occasions, where necessary, I have made orders pursuant to s12 of the Royal Commission (Police) Act 2002 to the effect that names of persons referred to in evidence, or any information, evidence, photographs or representation that might identify those persons, are not to be published. To avoid contravening those orders, it is inappropriate to provide any information concerning the persons who have or have not been the subject of orders under s12 of the Act. As you would be aware s12(2) provides a penalty for an offence of making a publication in contravention of a direction given under the section. There is only one person in Western Australia in the dock today, and that is the Leader of the Opposition. That dock is well and truly situated in the gutter of Western Australian politics. I say this to the Leader of the Opposition: get out of the gutter and allow the royal commission to do its job.
To avoid contravening those orders, it is inappropriate to provide any information concerning the persons who have or have not been the subject of orders under s12 of the Act. As you would be aware s12(2) provides a penalty for an offence of making a publication in contravention of a direction given under the section.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I was asked this question in the last sitting week. I gave the appropriate answer in this Parliament. Let me remind the House of the background to this situation. The Parliament of Western Australia has passed a very important piece of legislation that enables the Government of the day to set up royal commissions. That legislation passed and endorsed by this Parliament allows for a royal commissioner to make judgments on a daily basis about, for example, whether an issue should be treated in open session or closed session and whether suppression orders should be associated with a particular issue. It is incumbent upon me as the Premier of Western Australia to respect that law. The Leader of the Opposition has come into this Parliament with no intent other than to smear people. Make no mistake about that. I repeat what the royal commissioner told me. Mr C.J. Barnett: He did not say anything to me. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I tabled the letter in the Parliament. I remind the member what it says - I advise that on occasions, where necessary, I have made orders pursuant to s12 of the Royal Commission (Police) Act 2002 to the effect that names of persons referred to in evidence, or any information, evidence, photographs or representation that might identify those persons, are not to be published. To avoid contravening those orders, it is inappropriate to provide any information concerning the persons who have or have not been the subject of orders under s12 of the Act. As you would be aware s12(2) provides a penalty for an offence of making a publication in contravention of a direction given under the section. There is only one person in Western Australia in the dock today, and that is the Leader of the Opposition. That dock is well and truly situated in the gutter of Western Australian politics. I say this to the Leader of the Opposition: get out of the gutter and allow the royal commission to do its job.
I was asked this question in the last sitting week. I gave the appropriate answer in this Parliament. Let me remind the House of the background to this situation. The Parliament of Western Australia has passed a very important piece of legislation that enables the Government of the day to set up royal commissions. That legislation passed and endorsed by this Parliament allows for a royal commissioner to make judgments on a daily basis about, for example, whether an issue should be treated in open session or closed session and whether suppression orders should be associated with a particular issue. It is incumbent upon me as the Premier of Western Australia to respect that law. The Leader of the Opposition has come into this Parliament with no intent other than to smear people. Make no mistake about that. I repeat what the royal commissioner told me. Mr C.J. Barnett: He did not say anything to me. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I tabled the letter in the Parliament. I remind the member what it says - I advise that on occasions, where necessary, I have made orders pursuant to s12 of the Royal Commission (Police) Act 2002 to the effect that names of persons referred to in evidence, or any information, evidence, photographs or representation that might identify those persons, are not to be published. To avoid contravening those orders, it is inappropriate to provide any information concerning the persons who have or have not been the subject of orders under s12 of the Act. As you would be aware s12(2) provides a penalty for an offence of making a publication in contravention of a direction given under the section. There is only one person in Western Australia in the dock today, and that is the Leader of the Opposition. That dock is well and truly situated in the gutter of Western Australian politics. I say this to the Leader of the Opposition: get out of the gutter and allow the royal commission to do its job.
Mr C.J. Barnett: He did not say anything to me. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I tabled the letter in the Parliament. I remind the member what it says - I advise that on occasions, where necessary, I have made orders pursuant to s12 of the Royal Commission (Police) Act 2002 to the effect that names of persons referred to in evidence, or any information, evidence, photographs or representation that might identify those persons, are not to be published. To avoid contravening those orders, it is inappropriate to provide any information concerning the persons who have or have not been the subject of orders under s12 of the Act. As you would be aware s12(2) provides a penalty for an offence of making a publication in contravention of a direction given under the section. There is only one person in Western Australia in the dock today, and that is the Leader of the Opposition. That dock is well and truly situated in the gutter of Western Australian politics. I say this to the Leader of the Opposition: get out of the gutter and allow the royal commission to do its job.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: I tabled the letter in the Parliament. I remind the member what it says - I advise that on occasions, where necessary, I have made orders pursuant to s12 of the Royal Commission (Police) Act 2002 to the effect that names of persons referred to in evidence, or any information, evidence, photographs or representation that might identify those persons, are not to be published. To avoid contravening those orders, it is inappropriate to provide any information concerning the persons who have or have not been the subject of orders under s12 of the Act. As you would be aware s12(2) provides a penalty for an offence of making a publication in contravention of a direction given under the section. There is only one person in Western Australia in the dock today, and that is the Leader of the Opposition. That dock is well and truly situated in the gutter of Western Australian politics. I say this to the Leader of the Opposition: get out of the gutter and allow the royal commission to do its job.
To avoid contravening those orders, it is inappropriate to provide any information concerning the persons who have or have not been the subject of orders under s12 of the Act. As you would be aware s12(2) provides a penalty for an offence of making a publication in contravention of a direction given under the section.
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