❓ Mr. Johnson questions the Minister about the supervision of offenders on parole, alleging they are not properly monitored and pose a risk. The Minister denies the claims, accusing Mr. Johnson of scaremongering and being a mouthpiece for the union.
AnsweredQoN 113Legislative Assembly
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PAROLE — SUPERVISION ORDERS
(1) Will the minister explain why the 1 750 offenders who are walking freely in Western Australia while on parole or under supervision orders have been recategorised as monitored? (2) Will the minister explain why staff from her department are in fact unable to case-manage or supervise these offenders? (3) Will the minister explain why she is basically misleading the Western Australian public by recategorising these offenders as monitored when they are not being monitored or supervised by staff from her department and, in the words of her own staff, may represent a risk to public safety? Ms M.M. QUIRK
(1) Will the minister explain why the 1 750 offenders who are walking freely in Western Australia while on parole or under supervision orders have been recategorised as monitored? (2) Will the minister explain why staff from her department are in fact unable to case-manage or supervise these offenders? (3) Will the minister explain why she is basically misleading the Western Australian public by recategorising these offenders as monitored when they are not being monitored or supervised by staff from her department and, in the words of her own staff, may represent a risk to public safety? Ms M.M. QUIRK
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I thank the member for Hillarys for the question and of course his interest in the justice area. (1)-(3) I have called the member for Hillarys many things in the past but never a mouthpiece for the union. Today I will call him a mouthpiece for the union. Members might like to know that any claim that anyone on a community-based order is unsupervised is simply incorrect. Mr R.F. Johnson : Are you saying it is a lie? Ms M.M. QUIRK : I am saying it is incorrect. The department is currently attending the Industrial Relations Commission with the Civil Service Association, talking about workloads for community justice officers. No person is unsupervised. However, some cases are not allocated to specific officers. My advice is that everyone is supervised. Mr R.F. Johnson : Why have you recategorised them as monitored? Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
(2) Will the minister explain why staff from her department are in fact unable to case-manage or supervise these offenders? (3) Will the minister explain why she is basically misleading the Western Australian public by recategorising these offenders as monitored when they are not being monitored or supervised by staff from her department and, in the words of her own staff, may represent a risk to public safety? Ms M.M. QUIRK replied: I thank the member for Hillarys for the question and of course his interest in the justice area. (1)-(3) I have called the member for Hillarys many things in the past but never a mouthpiece for the union. Today I will call him a mouthpiece for the union. Members might like to know that any claim that anyone on a community-based order is unsupervised is simply incorrect. Mr R.F. Johnson : Are you saying it is a lie? Ms M.M. QUIRK : I am saying it is incorrect. The department is currently attending the Industrial Relations Commission with the Civil Service Association, talking about workloads for community justice officers. No person is unsupervised. However, some cases are not allocated to specific officers. My advice is that everyone is supervised. Mr R.F. Johnson : Why have you recategorised them as monitored? Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
(3) Will the minister explain why she is basically misleading the Western Australian public by recategorising these offenders as monitored when they are not being monitored or supervised by staff from her department and, in the words of her own staff, may represent a risk to public safety? Ms M.M. QUIRK replied: I thank the member for Hillarys for the question and of course his interest in the justice area. (1)-(3) I have called the member for Hillarys many things in the past but never a mouthpiece for the union. Today I will call him a mouthpiece for the union. Members might like to know that any claim that anyone on a community-based order is unsupervised is simply incorrect. Mr R.F. Johnson : Are you saying it is a lie? Ms M.M. QUIRK : I am saying it is incorrect. The department is currently attending the Industrial Relations Commission with the Civil Service Association, talking about workloads for community justice officers. No person is unsupervised. However, some cases are not allocated to specific officers. My advice is that everyone is supervised. Mr R.F. Johnson : Why have you recategorised them as monitored? Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
Ms M.M. QUIRK replied: I thank the member for Hillarys for the question and of course his interest in the justice area. (1)-(3) I have called the member for Hillarys many things in the past but never a mouthpiece for the union. Today I will call him a mouthpiece for the union. Members might like to know that any claim that anyone on a community-based order is unsupervised is simply incorrect. Mr R.F. Johnson : Are you saying it is a lie? Ms M.M. QUIRK : I am saying it is incorrect. The department is currently attending the Industrial Relations Commission with the Civil Service Association, talking about workloads for community justice officers. No person is unsupervised. However, some cases are not allocated to specific officers. My advice is that everyone is supervised. Mr R.F. Johnson : Why have you recategorised them as monitored? Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
I thank the member for Hillarys for the question and of course his interest in the justice area. (1)-(3) I have called the member for Hillarys many things in the past but never a mouthpiece for the union. Today I will call him a mouthpiece for the union. Members might like to know that any claim that anyone on a community-based order is unsupervised is simply incorrect. Mr R.F. Johnson : Are you saying it is a lie? Ms M.M. QUIRK : I am saying it is incorrect. The department is currently attending the Industrial Relations Commission with the Civil Service Association, talking about workloads for community justice officers. No person is unsupervised. However, some cases are not allocated to specific officers. My advice is that everyone is supervised. Mr R.F. Johnson : Why have you recategorised them as monitored? Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
(1)-(3) I have called the member for Hillarys many things in the past but never a mouthpiece for the union. Today I will call him a mouthpiece for the union. Members might like to know that any claim that anyone on a community-based order is unsupervised is simply incorrect. Mr R.F. Johnson : Are you saying it is a lie? Ms M.M. QUIRK : I am saying it is incorrect. The department is currently attending the Industrial Relations Commission with the Civil Service Association, talking about workloads for community justice officers. No person is unsupervised. However, some cases are not allocated to specific officers. My advice is that everyone is supervised. Mr R.F. Johnson : Why have you recategorised them as monitored? Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
Mr R.F. Johnson : Are you saying it is a lie? Ms M.M. QUIRK : I am saying it is incorrect. The department is currently attending the Industrial Relations Commission with the Civil Service Association, talking about workloads for community justice officers. No person is unsupervised. However, some cases are not allocated to specific officers. My advice is that everyone is supervised. Mr R.F. Johnson : Why have you recategorised them as monitored? Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
Ms M.M. QUIRK : I am saying it is incorrect. The department is currently attending the Industrial Relations Commission with the Civil Service Association, talking about workloads for community justice officers. No person is unsupervised. However, some cases are not allocated to specific officers. My advice is that everyone is supervised. Mr R.F. Johnson : Why have you recategorised them as monitored? Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
Mr R.F. Johnson : Why have you recategorised them as monitored? Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
(2) Will the minister explain why staff from her department are in fact unable to case-manage or supervise these offenders? (3) Will the minister explain why she is basically misleading the Western Australian public by recategorising these offenders as monitored when they are not being monitored or supervised by staff from her department and, in the words of her own staff, may represent a risk to public safety? Ms M.M. QUIRK replied: I thank the member for Hillarys for the question and of course his interest in the justice area. (1)-(3) I have called the member for Hillarys many things in the past but never a mouthpiece for the union. Today I will call him a mouthpiece for the union. Members might like to know that any claim that anyone on a community-based order is unsupervised is simply incorrect. Mr R.F. Johnson : Are you saying it is a lie? Ms M.M. QUIRK : I am saying it is incorrect. The department is currently attending the Industrial Relations Commission with the Civil Service Association, talking about workloads for community justice officers. No person is unsupervised. However, some cases are not allocated to specific officers. My advice is that everyone is supervised. Mr R.F. Johnson : Why have you recategorised them as monitored? Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
(3) Will the minister explain why she is basically misleading the Western Australian public by recategorising these offenders as monitored when they are not being monitored or supervised by staff from her department and, in the words of her own staff, may represent a risk to public safety? Ms M.M. QUIRK replied: I thank the member for Hillarys for the question and of course his interest in the justice area. (1)-(3) I have called the member for Hillarys many things in the past but never a mouthpiece for the union. Today I will call him a mouthpiece for the union. Members might like to know that any claim that anyone on a community-based order is unsupervised is simply incorrect. Mr R.F. Johnson : Are you saying it is a lie? Ms M.M. QUIRK : I am saying it is incorrect. The department is currently attending the Industrial Relations Commission with the Civil Service Association, talking about workloads for community justice officers. No person is unsupervised. However, some cases are not allocated to specific officers. My advice is that everyone is supervised. Mr R.F. Johnson : Why have you recategorised them as monitored? Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
Ms M.M. QUIRK replied: I thank the member for Hillarys for the question and of course his interest in the justice area. (1)-(3) I have called the member for Hillarys many things in the past but never a mouthpiece for the union. Today I will call him a mouthpiece for the union. Members might like to know that any claim that anyone on a community-based order is unsupervised is simply incorrect. Mr R.F. Johnson : Are you saying it is a lie? Ms M.M. QUIRK : I am saying it is incorrect. The department is currently attending the Industrial Relations Commission with the Civil Service Association, talking about workloads for community justice officers. No person is unsupervised. However, some cases are not allocated to specific officers. My advice is that everyone is supervised. Mr R.F. Johnson : Why have you recategorised them as monitored? Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
I thank the member for Hillarys for the question and of course his interest in the justice area. (1)-(3) I have called the member for Hillarys many things in the past but never a mouthpiece for the union. Today I will call him a mouthpiece for the union. Members might like to know that any claim that anyone on a community-based order is unsupervised is simply incorrect. Mr R.F. Johnson : Are you saying it is a lie? Ms M.M. QUIRK : I am saying it is incorrect. The department is currently attending the Industrial Relations Commission with the Civil Service Association, talking about workloads for community justice officers. No person is unsupervised. However, some cases are not allocated to specific officers. My advice is that everyone is supervised. Mr R.F. Johnson : Why have you recategorised them as monitored? Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
(1)-(3) I have called the member for Hillarys many things in the past but never a mouthpiece for the union. Today I will call him a mouthpiece for the union. Members might like to know that any claim that anyone on a community-based order is unsupervised is simply incorrect. Mr R.F. Johnson : Are you saying it is a lie? Ms M.M. QUIRK : I am saying it is incorrect. The department is currently attending the Industrial Relations Commission with the Civil Service Association, talking about workloads for community justice officers. No person is unsupervised. However, some cases are not allocated to specific officers. My advice is that everyone is supervised. Mr R.F. Johnson : Why have you recategorised them as monitored? Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
Mr R.F. Johnson : Are you saying it is a lie? Ms M.M. QUIRK : I am saying it is incorrect. The department is currently attending the Industrial Relations Commission with the Civil Service Association, talking about workloads for community justice officers. No person is unsupervised. However, some cases are not allocated to specific officers. My advice is that everyone is supervised. Mr R.F. Johnson : Why have you recategorised them as monitored? Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
Ms M.M. QUIRK : I am saying it is incorrect. The department is currently attending the Industrial Relations Commission with the Civil Service Association, talking about workloads for community justice officers. No person is unsupervised. However, some cases are not allocated to specific officers. My advice is that everyone is supervised. Mr R.F. Johnson : Why have you recategorised them as monitored? Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
Mr R.F. Johnson : Why have you recategorised them as monitored? Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
Ms M.M. QUIRK : The member for Hillarys is known for making irresponsible claims and not being able to back them up. This is yet another one. It is scaremongering. Every offender on a community-based order is supervised.
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