❓ Mr. Quigley questions the Police Minister about the Kevin Spratt tasering incident, specifically regarding police involvement in subsequent interactions and the relevance/reason for releasing related information. The Minister deflects, accusing Quigley of making outrageous claims about secret videos and highlighting Spratt's criminal history.
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TASER USE — KEVIN SPRATT INCIDENT
I refer to the time line of events flow chart distributed to the media by the Commissioner of Police with regard to interactions between the police and Mr Spratt. (1) Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008? (2) If yes to (1), what role did these officers play in each of the subsequent tasering incidents? (3) What is the relevance to the repeated tasering of Mr Spratt, as seen on television, of the subsequent interactions with the police as set out in the commissioner’s flow chart? (4) Why have the police released information about these subsequent events? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
I refer to the time line of events flow chart distributed to the media by the Commissioner of Police with regard to interactions between the police and Mr Spratt. (1) Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008? (2) If yes to (1), what role did these officers play in each of the subsequent tasering incidents? (3) What is the relevance to the repeated tasering of Mr Spratt, as seen on television, of the subsequent interactions with the police as set out in the commissioner’s flow chart? (4) Why have the police released information about these subsequent events? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
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That is an interesting question from the member for Mindarie. He asks for some detail. I have just been given what I think is a copy of the question he is asking. Is that correct? Mr J.R. Quigley : Correct. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It would have been good if he had given me a bit more notice; I could have given him — Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
(1) Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008? (2) If yes to (1), what role did these officers play in each of the subsequent tasering incidents? (3) What is the relevance to the repeated tasering of Mr Spratt, as seen on television, of the subsequent interactions with the police as set out in the commissioner’s flow chart? (4) Why have the police released information about these subsequent events? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: That is an interesting question from the member for Mindarie. He asks for some detail. I have just been given what I think is a copy of the question he is asking. Is that correct? Mr J.R. Quigley : Correct. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It would have been good if he had given me a bit more notice; I could have given him — Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
(2) If yes to (1), what role did these officers play in each of the subsequent tasering incidents? (3) What is the relevance to the repeated tasering of Mr Spratt, as seen on television, of the subsequent interactions with the police as set out in the commissioner’s flow chart? (4) Why have the police released information about these subsequent events? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: That is an interesting question from the member for Mindarie. He asks for some detail. I have just been given what I think is a copy of the question he is asking. Is that correct? Mr J.R. Quigley : Correct. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It would have been good if he had given me a bit more notice; I could have given him — Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
(3) What is the relevance to the repeated tasering of Mr Spratt, as seen on television, of the subsequent interactions with the police as set out in the commissioner’s flow chart? (4) Why have the police released information about these subsequent events? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: That is an interesting question from the member for Mindarie. He asks for some detail. I have just been given what I think is a copy of the question he is asking. Is that correct? Mr J.R. Quigley : Correct. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It would have been good if he had given me a bit more notice; I could have given him — Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
(4) Why have the police released information about these subsequent events? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: That is an interesting question from the member for Mindarie. He asks for some detail. I have just been given what I think is a copy of the question he is asking. Is that correct? Mr J.R. Quigley : Correct. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It would have been good if he had given me a bit more notice; I could have given him — Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: That is an interesting question from the member for Mindarie. He asks for some detail. I have just been given what I think is a copy of the question he is asking. Is that correct? Mr J.R. Quigley : Correct. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It would have been good if he had given me a bit more notice; I could have given him — Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
That is an interesting question from the member for Mindarie. He asks for some detail. I have just been given what I think is a copy of the question he is asking. Is that correct? Mr J.R. Quigley : Correct. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It would have been good if he had given me a bit more notice; I could have given him — Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr J.R. Quigley : Correct. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It would have been good if he had given me a bit more notice; I could have given him — Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It would have been good if he had given me a bit more notice; I could have given him — Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
(1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
(3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
(1) Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008? (2) If yes to (1), what role did these officers play in each of the subsequent tasering incidents? (3) What is the relevance to the repeated tasering of Mr Spratt, as seen on television, of the subsequent interactions with the police as set out in the commissioner’s flow chart? (4) Why have the police released information about these subsequent events? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: That is an interesting question from the member for Mindarie. He asks for some detail. I have just been given what I think is a copy of the question he is asking. Is that correct? Mr J.R. Quigley : Correct. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It would have been good if he had given me a bit more notice; I could have given him — Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
(2) If yes to (1), what role did these officers play in each of the subsequent tasering incidents? (3) What is the relevance to the repeated tasering of Mr Spratt, as seen on television, of the subsequent interactions with the police as set out in the commissioner’s flow chart? (4) Why have the police released information about these subsequent events? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: That is an interesting question from the member for Mindarie. He asks for some detail. I have just been given what I think is a copy of the question he is asking. Is that correct? Mr J.R. Quigley : Correct. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It would have been good if he had given me a bit more notice; I could have given him — Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
(3) What is the relevance to the repeated tasering of Mr Spratt, as seen on television, of the subsequent interactions with the police as set out in the commissioner’s flow chart? (4) Why have the police released information about these subsequent events? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: That is an interesting question from the member for Mindarie. He asks for some detail. I have just been given what I think is a copy of the question he is asking. Is that correct? Mr J.R. Quigley : Correct. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It would have been good if he had given me a bit more notice; I could have given him — Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
(4) Why have the police released information about these subsequent events? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: That is an interesting question from the member for Mindarie. He asks for some detail. I have just been given what I think is a copy of the question he is asking. Is that correct? Mr J.R. Quigley : Correct. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It would have been good if he had given me a bit more notice; I could have given him — Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: That is an interesting question from the member for Mindarie. He asks for some detail. I have just been given what I think is a copy of the question he is asking. Is that correct? Mr J.R. Quigley : Correct. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It would have been good if he had given me a bit more notice; I could have given him — Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
That is an interesting question from the member for Mindarie. He asks for some detail. I have just been given what I think is a copy of the question he is asking. Is that correct? Mr J.R. Quigley : Correct. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It would have been good if he had given me a bit more notice; I could have given him — Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr J.R. Quigley : Correct. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It would have been good if he had given me a bit more notice; I could have given him — Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It would have been good if he had given me a bit more notice; I could have given him — Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr J.R. Quigley : I am sure that you have read the internal investigator’s report. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I could have give the member a much more accurate account of what he is saying — Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr E.S. Ripper : If you were on top of your portfolio, you would be fully briefed on these events. It is a major public issue of the day; you should be on top of it. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to it, I can assure the Leader of the Opposition. (1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
(1)–(2) In relation to the first part of the question, “Were any of the police who were involved in the tasering incident at the Perth watch-house, as shown on television, involved in any other interactions with Mr Spratt between 10 July 2008 and 6 September 2008?”, my information is that I believe there was one officer, who was an arresting officer, who was involved in both those areas. I think that answers the member’s second question as well. (3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
(3)–(4) The third question is: what is the relevance to the repeated tasering on 13 August of the subsequent interactions with the police? The fourth one is: “Why have the police released information about these subsequent events?” Can I say that I think the member for Mindarie should take responsibility for the flow chart that the police issued yesterday, because of the outrageous comments that the member has made. He has been going on television and using media outlets to say that the Commissioner of Police and police media have secret video recordings hidden away of other Taser events that took place in relation to Mr Spratt. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr E.S. Ripper : There is one already acknowledged video that has not been released. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The accusations — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr J.R. Quigley : Show us the video! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I assume that the one the Leader of the Opposition is quoting is the one of Corrective Services officers extracting Mr Spratt from his cell. Is that the video that the Leader of the Opposition is referring to? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the one that has been acknowledged by the government. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes; in fact, the person who has charge of that is the Attorney General. He has explained that in full detail, and his reasons why, at this stage, he is not prepared to release that video. But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
But the member for Mindarie has been saying that the police have other secret videos of Taser events that took place in the Perth watch-house with Mr Spratt. The reason, I have been told, why the police outlined this flow chart—I have to say it is something that I have never seen before—was to try to — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — answer the allegations made by the member for Mindarie in particular over the secret videos—that are just not there—and the number of times Mr Spratt was tasered. The flow chart shows that quite clearly. The member for Mindarie is going on, really alarmed that Mr Spratt should be publicly shown with this particular part of his criminal history. I have to tell members, if the police showed the full chart for Mr Spratt, it would go back over nearly 19 years, and there are many violent assaults that took place over that period of time. That is why police have him flagged on their computer system as being a violent offender who has assaulted public officers in the past. That is the part that members did not see on the flow chart. What members see on the flow chart, and what has been explained to me by the deputy commissioner, is an attempt to answer the allegations that the member for Mindarie has kept making over the last couple of weeks about police hiding evidence and hiding secret videos in relation to Mr Spratt and how many times he was tasered. That is the purpose. I am aware that Mr Spratt has a very extensive criminal record. Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr P. Papalia : Have you seen it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I am telling the member for Warnbro that Mr Spratt has a history. I have been informed by police that he has an extensive criminal record in relation to violence, and violent attacks against public officers in particular. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That is what I am telling the member for Warnbro. That is the information I have been given by police. That is the reason for the flow chart. I agree that I have never seen anything like it before, and I hope we do not have to see anything like it in the future. But, I have to say, I lay the blame on the member for Mindarie for his outrageous allegations. He brought Mr Spratt into the limelight; he showed his face — Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr E.S. Ripper : That doesn’t justify character assassination. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — when he went hotfoot to see Mr Spratt for personal reasons — Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr E.S. Ripper : How could events after the tasering justify the tasering? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : All sorts of outrageous comments have been made by the member for Mindarie. He keeps referring to this as torture. He keeps referring to Mr Spratt as though he has never done a wrong thing in his life almost. We know why the member for Mindarie has taken up this case. He went hotfoot down to Mr Spratt to take over the case for him, and it was for personal reasons, in my view, to highlight the possibility of him becoming the next Leader of the Opposition in the near future.
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