❓ Mr. Quigley questions the Attorney General about releasing reviews of prisoner escapes from Geraldton Courthouse. The Attorney General states he was satisfied with the explanations provided but will review the issue further, while Mr. Quigley criticises the Attorney's handling of court security.
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GERALDTON COURTHOUSE — PRISONER ESCAPEs
I have a supplementary question. Will the Attorney General release the review of the escape from the Geraldton Courthouse in January 2010, and will he conduct a review of the most recent escape from the Geraldton Courthouse and release the results of that review? Mr C.C. PORTER
I have a supplementary question. Will the Attorney General release the review of the escape from the Geraldton Courthouse in January 2010, and will he conduct a review of the most recent escape from the Geraldton Courthouse and release the results of that review? Mr C.C. PORTER
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I recall that a comprehensive briefing note on the incident came to me from the department. The explanations about the circumstances of the incident, and particularly the behaviour of court staff and of Department of the Attorney General and court security and custodial services staff, satisfied me that there was no major fault on their part. Mr J.R. Quigley : Did the people of Geraldton see the review? Mr C.C. PORTER : I will go back and have another look at that issue, particularly in light of the other incident which the member for Mindarie is talking about, but which he has not specified. Perhaps if the member for Mindarie gave me the details of that, I could look into that as well. Mr J.R. Quigley : I will give it to the Attorney, but it is in the Geraldton Guardian . The member for Geraldton can tell him all about it. The Attorney failed to secure the court. Ask the member for Geraldton; he will tell you! They run out of that court! The SPEAKER : The member for Mindarie is not helping himself in getting an answer to this supplementary question.
Mr C.C. PORTER replied: I recall that a comprehensive briefing note on the incident came to me from the department. The explanations about the circumstances of the incident, and particularly the behaviour of court staff and of Department of the Attorney General and court security and custodial services staff, satisfied me that there was no major fault on their part. Mr J.R. Quigley : Did the people of Geraldton see the review? Mr C.C. PORTER : I will go back and have another look at that issue, particularly in light of the other incident which the member for Mindarie is talking about, but which he has not specified. Perhaps if the member for Mindarie gave me the details of that, I could look into that as well. Mr J.R. Quigley : I will give it to the Attorney, but it is in the Geraldton Guardian . The member for Geraldton can tell him all about it. The Attorney failed to secure the court. Ask the member for Geraldton; he will tell you! They run out of that court! The SPEAKER : The member for Mindarie is not helping himself in getting an answer to this supplementary question.
I recall that a comprehensive briefing note on the incident came to me from the department. The explanations about the circumstances of the incident, and particularly the behaviour of court staff and of Department of the Attorney General and court security and custodial services staff, satisfied me that there was no major fault on their part. Mr J.R. Quigley : Did the people of Geraldton see the review? Mr C.C. PORTER : I will go back and have another look at that issue, particularly in light of the other incident which the member for Mindarie is talking about, but which he has not specified. Perhaps if the member for Mindarie gave me the details of that, I could look into that as well. Mr J.R. Quigley : I will give it to the Attorney, but it is in the Geraldton Guardian . The member for Geraldton can tell him all about it. The Attorney failed to secure the court. Ask the member for Geraldton; he will tell you! They run out of that court! The SPEAKER : The member for Mindarie is not helping himself in getting an answer to this supplementary question.
Mr J.R. Quigley : Did the people of Geraldton see the review? Mr C.C. PORTER : I will go back and have another look at that issue, particularly in light of the other incident which the member for Mindarie is talking about, but which he has not specified. Perhaps if the member for Mindarie gave me the details of that, I could look into that as well. Mr J.R. Quigley : I will give it to the Attorney, but it is in the Geraldton Guardian . The member for Geraldton can tell him all about it. The Attorney failed to secure the court. Ask the member for Geraldton; he will tell you! They run out of that court! The SPEAKER : The member for Mindarie is not helping himself in getting an answer to this supplementary question.
Mr C.C. PORTER : I will go back and have another look at that issue, particularly in light of the other incident which the member for Mindarie is talking about, but which he has not specified. Perhaps if the member for Mindarie gave me the details of that, I could look into that as well. Mr J.R. Quigley : I will give it to the Attorney, but it is in the Geraldton Guardian . The member for Geraldton can tell him all about it. The Attorney failed to secure the court. Ask the member for Geraldton; he will tell you! They run out of that court! The SPEAKER : The member for Mindarie is not helping himself in getting an answer to this supplementary question.
Mr J.R. Quigley : I will give it to the Attorney, but it is in the Geraldton Guardian . The member for Geraldton can tell him all about it. The Attorney failed to secure the court. Ask the member for Geraldton; he will tell you! They run out of that court! The SPEAKER : The member for Mindarie is not helping himself in getting an answer to this supplementary question.
The SPEAKER : The member for Mindarie is not helping himself in getting an answer to this supplementary question.
Mr C.C. PORTER replied: I recall that a comprehensive briefing note on the incident came to me from the department. The explanations about the circumstances of the incident, and particularly the behaviour of court staff and of Department of the Attorney General and court security and custodial services staff, satisfied me that there was no major fault on their part. Mr J.R. Quigley : Did the people of Geraldton see the review? Mr C.C. PORTER : I will go back and have another look at that issue, particularly in light of the other incident which the member for Mindarie is talking about, but which he has not specified. Perhaps if the member for Mindarie gave me the details of that, I could look into that as well. Mr J.R. Quigley : I will give it to the Attorney, but it is in the Geraldton Guardian . The member for Geraldton can tell him all about it. The Attorney failed to secure the court. Ask the member for Geraldton; he will tell you! They run out of that court! The SPEAKER : The member for Mindarie is not helping himself in getting an answer to this supplementary question.
I recall that a comprehensive briefing note on the incident came to me from the department. The explanations about the circumstances of the incident, and particularly the behaviour of court staff and of Department of the Attorney General and court security and custodial services staff, satisfied me that there was no major fault on their part. Mr J.R. Quigley : Did the people of Geraldton see the review? Mr C.C. PORTER : I will go back and have another look at that issue, particularly in light of the other incident which the member for Mindarie is talking about, but which he has not specified. Perhaps if the member for Mindarie gave me the details of that, I could look into that as well. Mr J.R. Quigley : I will give it to the Attorney, but it is in the Geraldton Guardian . The member for Geraldton can tell him all about it. The Attorney failed to secure the court. Ask the member for Geraldton; he will tell you! They run out of that court! The SPEAKER : The member for Mindarie is not helping himself in getting an answer to this supplementary question.
Mr J.R. Quigley : Did the people of Geraldton see the review? Mr C.C. PORTER : I will go back and have another look at that issue, particularly in light of the other incident which the member for Mindarie is talking about, but which he has not specified. Perhaps if the member for Mindarie gave me the details of that, I could look into that as well. Mr J.R. Quigley : I will give it to the Attorney, but it is in the Geraldton Guardian . The member for Geraldton can tell him all about it. The Attorney failed to secure the court. Ask the member for Geraldton; he will tell you! They run out of that court! The SPEAKER : The member for Mindarie is not helping himself in getting an answer to this supplementary question.
Mr C.C. PORTER : I will go back and have another look at that issue, particularly in light of the other incident which the member for Mindarie is talking about, but which he has not specified. Perhaps if the member for Mindarie gave me the details of that, I could look into that as well. Mr J.R. Quigley : I will give it to the Attorney, but it is in the Geraldton Guardian . The member for Geraldton can tell him all about it. The Attorney failed to secure the court. Ask the member for Geraldton; he will tell you! They run out of that court! The SPEAKER : The member for Mindarie is not helping himself in getting an answer to this supplementary question.
Mr J.R. Quigley : I will give it to the Attorney, but it is in the Geraldton Guardian . The member for Geraldton can tell him all about it. The Attorney failed to secure the court. Ask the member for Geraldton; he will tell you! They run out of that court! The SPEAKER : The member for Mindarie is not helping himself in getting an answer to this supplementary question.
The SPEAKER : The member for Mindarie is not helping himself in getting an answer to this supplementary question.
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