❓ Question regarding the release on bail of a dangerous offender and the government's response to prevent similar situations. The Attorney General outlines planned amendments to the Bail Act to increase judicial transparency and accountability.
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BAIL ACT AMENDMENTS - JASON DAVID WIMBRIDGE
The community was concerned and upset recently when serial offender Jason Wimbridge was released on bail in 2005 while facing charges of armed robbery and then went on to commit other serious offences. Can the Attorney General tell the house what the government intends to do to ensure that dangerous offenders who might be likely to re-offend, such as Wimbridge, are not released on bail? Mr J.A. McGINTY
The community was concerned and upset recently when serial offender Jason Wimbridge was released on bail in 2005 while facing charges of armed robbery and then went on to commit other serious offences. Can the Attorney General tell the house what the government intends to do to ensure that dangerous offenders who might be likely to re-offend, such as Wimbridge, are not released on bail? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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I thank the member for Swan Hills for the question. Jason David Wimbridge has a criminal record as long one’s arm for very serious offences, including armed robbery, multiple stealing and drug-related convictions. He had been in prison for some six years from 1998 to 2004, when he was released on parole. Upon his release on parole, he then proceeded to commit another armed robbery, of the Bendigo Bank. He was then taken into custody. He applied for bail and Magistrate Barbara Lane granted him bail. It was quite an extraordinary decision as the prosecutor opposed bail on the grounds that Wimbridge represented a danger to the community. Notwithstanding that, Magistrate Lane refused to publish the reasons for her decision and refused to make available the transcript of proceedings, which left the Commissioner of Police and me in a position of having to go to the Supreme Court to seek an order to compel Magistrate Lane to release the transcript because we were interested in making sure the community was protected from a dangerous criminal. It took four months of proceedings in the Supreme Court before the court ordered Magistrate Lane to release the transcript. By this time the damage had been done. During his time on bail, Wimbridge was involved in a violent home invasion in which he used a sword to cut a person’s tendons as a means of torturing one of the people whose home was invaded. He was then caught attempting a further armed robbery, of a jewellery store in South Perth, during which time he was shot by the police. These were the consequences of granting bail to a dangerous criminal. It took us four months to get to the Supreme Court and when we read the transcript of the proceedings, to my mind it revealed no exceptional circumstances why such a dangerous offender should have been granted bail. It is our intention tomorrow to introduce into this house significant amendments to the Bail Act, covering a number of aspects of bail, but, most importantly so far as Wimbridge is concerned, we want to make sure that that situation never occurs again. We will be introducing legislation to require from the judiciary greater transparency and accountability. It will require that the judiciary give their reasons for decisions in writing publicly when they deal with a person who is seeking bail who has already committed a serious offence. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Is the member interjecting? Ms S.E. Walker : Yes, I am. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say I am not overly surprised that the member would interject on a matter involving bail given that she might well be showing some interest in that matter herself if the current police investigations - Ms S.E. Walker : What about you? Are you being investigated? Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I thank the member for Swan Hills for the question. Jason David Wimbridge has a criminal record as long one’s arm for very serious offences, including armed robbery, multiple stealing and drug-related convictions. He had been in prison for some six years from 1998 to 2004, when he was released on parole. Upon his release on parole, he then proceeded to commit another armed robbery, of the Bendigo Bank. He was then taken into custody. He applied for bail and Magistrate Barbara Lane granted him bail. It was quite an extraordinary decision as the prosecutor opposed bail on the grounds that Wimbridge represented a danger to the community. Notwithstanding that, Magistrate Lane refused to publish the reasons for her decision and refused to make available the transcript of proceedings, which left the Commissioner of Police and me in a position of having to go to the Supreme Court to seek an order to compel Magistrate Lane to release the transcript because we were interested in making sure the community was protected from a dangerous criminal. It took four months of proceedings in the Supreme Court before the court ordered Magistrate Lane to release the transcript. By this time the damage had been done. During his time on bail, Wimbridge was involved in a violent home invasion in which he used a sword to cut a person’s tendons as a means of torturing one of the people whose home was invaded. He was then caught attempting a further armed robbery, of a jewellery store in South Perth, during which time he was shot by the police. These were the consequences of granting bail to a dangerous criminal. It took us four months to get to the Supreme Court and when we read the transcript of the proceedings, to my mind it revealed no exceptional circumstances why such a dangerous offender should have been granted bail. It is our intention tomorrow to introduce into this house significant amendments to the Bail Act, covering a number of aspects of bail, but, most importantly so far as Wimbridge is concerned, we want to make sure that that situation never occurs again. We will be introducing legislation to require from the judiciary greater transparency and accountability. It will require that the judiciary give their reasons for decisions in writing publicly when they deal with a person who is seeking bail who has already committed a serious offence. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Is the member interjecting? Ms S.E. Walker : Yes, I am. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say I am not overly surprised that the member would interject on a matter involving bail given that she might well be showing some interest in that matter herself if the current police investigations - Ms S.E. Walker : What about you? Are you being investigated? Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
I thank the member for Swan Hills for the question. Jason David Wimbridge has a criminal record as long one’s arm for very serious offences, including armed robbery, multiple stealing and drug-related convictions. He had been in prison for some six years from 1998 to 2004, when he was released on parole. Upon his release on parole, he then proceeded to commit another armed robbery, of the Bendigo Bank. He was then taken into custody. He applied for bail and Magistrate Barbara Lane granted him bail. It was quite an extraordinary decision as the prosecutor opposed bail on the grounds that Wimbridge represented a danger to the community. Notwithstanding that, Magistrate Lane refused to publish the reasons for her decision and refused to make available the transcript of proceedings, which left the Commissioner of Police and me in a position of having to go to the Supreme Court to seek an order to compel Magistrate Lane to release the transcript because we were interested in making sure the community was protected from a dangerous criminal. It took four months of proceedings in the Supreme Court before the court ordered Magistrate Lane to release the transcript. By this time the damage had been done. During his time on bail, Wimbridge was involved in a violent home invasion in which he used a sword to cut a person’s tendons as a means of torturing one of the people whose home was invaded. He was then caught attempting a further armed robbery, of a jewellery store in South Perth, during which time he was shot by the police. These were the consequences of granting bail to a dangerous criminal. It took us four months to get to the Supreme Court and when we read the transcript of the proceedings, to my mind it revealed no exceptional circumstances why such a dangerous offender should have been granted bail. It is our intention tomorrow to introduce into this house significant amendments to the Bail Act, covering a number of aspects of bail, but, most importantly so far as Wimbridge is concerned, we want to make sure that that situation never occurs again. We will be introducing legislation to require from the judiciary greater transparency and accountability. It will require that the judiciary give their reasons for decisions in writing publicly when they deal with a person who is seeking bail who has already committed a serious offence. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Is the member interjecting? Ms S.E. Walker : Yes, I am. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say I am not overly surprised that the member would interject on a matter involving bail given that she might well be showing some interest in that matter herself if the current police investigations - Ms S.E. Walker : What about you? Are you being investigated? Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
It is our intention tomorrow to introduce into this house significant amendments to the Bail Act, covering a number of aspects of bail, but, most importantly so far as Wimbridge is concerned, we want to make sure that that situation never occurs again. We will be introducing legislation to require from the judiciary greater transparency and accountability. It will require that the judiciary give their reasons for decisions in writing publicly when they deal with a person who is seeking bail who has already committed a serious offence. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Is the member interjecting? Ms S.E. Walker : Yes, I am. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say I am not overly surprised that the member would interject on a matter involving bail given that she might well be showing some interest in that matter herself if the current police investigations - Ms S.E. Walker : What about you? Are you being investigated? Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Is the member interjecting? Ms S.E. Walker : Yes, I am. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say I am not overly surprised that the member would interject on a matter involving bail given that she might well be showing some interest in that matter herself if the current police investigations - Ms S.E. Walker : What about you? Are you being investigated? Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Is the member interjecting? Ms S.E. Walker : Yes, I am. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say I am not overly surprised that the member would interject on a matter involving bail given that she might well be showing some interest in that matter herself if the current police investigations - Ms S.E. Walker : What about you? Are you being investigated? Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Ms S.E. Walker : Yes, I am. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say I am not overly surprised that the member would interject on a matter involving bail given that she might well be showing some interest in that matter herself if the current police investigations - Ms S.E. Walker : What about you? Are you being investigated? Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say I am not overly surprised that the member would interject on a matter involving bail given that she might well be showing some interest in that matter herself if the current police investigations - Ms S.E. Walker : What about you? Are you being investigated? Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Ms S.E. Walker : What about you? Are you being investigated? Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I thank the member for Swan Hills for the question. Jason David Wimbridge has a criminal record as long one’s arm for very serious offences, including armed robbery, multiple stealing and drug-related convictions. He had been in prison for some six years from 1998 to 2004, when he was released on parole. Upon his release on parole, he then proceeded to commit another armed robbery, of the Bendigo Bank. He was then taken into custody. He applied for bail and Magistrate Barbara Lane granted him bail. It was quite an extraordinary decision as the prosecutor opposed bail on the grounds that Wimbridge represented a danger to the community. Notwithstanding that, Magistrate Lane refused to publish the reasons for her decision and refused to make available the transcript of proceedings, which left the Commissioner of Police and me in a position of having to go to the Supreme Court to seek an order to compel Magistrate Lane to release the transcript because we were interested in making sure the community was protected from a dangerous criminal. It took four months of proceedings in the Supreme Court before the court ordered Magistrate Lane to release the transcript. By this time the damage had been done. During his time on bail, Wimbridge was involved in a violent home invasion in which he used a sword to cut a person’s tendons as a means of torturing one of the people whose home was invaded. He was then caught attempting a further armed robbery, of a jewellery store in South Perth, during which time he was shot by the police. These were the consequences of granting bail to a dangerous criminal. It took us four months to get to the Supreme Court and when we read the transcript of the proceedings, to my mind it revealed no exceptional circumstances why such a dangerous offender should have been granted bail. It is our intention tomorrow to introduce into this house significant amendments to the Bail Act, covering a number of aspects of bail, but, most importantly so far as Wimbridge is concerned, we want to make sure that that situation never occurs again. We will be introducing legislation to require from the judiciary greater transparency and accountability. It will require that the judiciary give their reasons for decisions in writing publicly when they deal with a person who is seeking bail who has already committed a serious offence. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Is the member interjecting? Ms S.E. Walker : Yes, I am. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say I am not overly surprised that the member would interject on a matter involving bail given that she might well be showing some interest in that matter herself if the current police investigations - Ms S.E. Walker : What about you? Are you being investigated? Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
I thank the member for Swan Hills for the question. Jason David Wimbridge has a criminal record as long one’s arm for very serious offences, including armed robbery, multiple stealing and drug-related convictions. He had been in prison for some six years from 1998 to 2004, when he was released on parole. Upon his release on parole, he then proceeded to commit another armed robbery, of the Bendigo Bank. He was then taken into custody. He applied for bail and Magistrate Barbara Lane granted him bail. It was quite an extraordinary decision as the prosecutor opposed bail on the grounds that Wimbridge represented a danger to the community. Notwithstanding that, Magistrate Lane refused to publish the reasons for her decision and refused to make available the transcript of proceedings, which left the Commissioner of Police and me in a position of having to go to the Supreme Court to seek an order to compel Magistrate Lane to release the transcript because we were interested in making sure the community was protected from a dangerous criminal. It took four months of proceedings in the Supreme Court before the court ordered Magistrate Lane to release the transcript. By this time the damage had been done. During his time on bail, Wimbridge was involved in a violent home invasion in which he used a sword to cut a person’s tendons as a means of torturing one of the people whose home was invaded. He was then caught attempting a further armed robbery, of a jewellery store in South Perth, during which time he was shot by the police. These were the consequences of granting bail to a dangerous criminal. It took us four months to get to the Supreme Court and when we read the transcript of the proceedings, to my mind it revealed no exceptional circumstances why such a dangerous offender should have been granted bail. It is our intention tomorrow to introduce into this house significant amendments to the Bail Act, covering a number of aspects of bail, but, most importantly so far as Wimbridge is concerned, we want to make sure that that situation never occurs again. We will be introducing legislation to require from the judiciary greater transparency and accountability. It will require that the judiciary give their reasons for decisions in writing publicly when they deal with a person who is seeking bail who has already committed a serious offence. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Is the member interjecting? Ms S.E. Walker : Yes, I am. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say I am not overly surprised that the member would interject on a matter involving bail given that she might well be showing some interest in that matter herself if the current police investigations - Ms S.E. Walker : What about you? Are you being investigated? Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
It is our intention tomorrow to introduce into this house significant amendments to the Bail Act, covering a number of aspects of bail, but, most importantly so far as Wimbridge is concerned, we want to make sure that that situation never occurs again. We will be introducing legislation to require from the judiciary greater transparency and accountability. It will require that the judiciary give their reasons for decisions in writing publicly when they deal with a person who is seeking bail who has already committed a serious offence. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Is the member interjecting? Ms S.E. Walker : Yes, I am. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say I am not overly surprised that the member would interject on a matter involving bail given that she might well be showing some interest in that matter herself if the current police investigations - Ms S.E. Walker : What about you? Are you being investigated? Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Is the member interjecting? Ms S.E. Walker : Yes, I am. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say I am not overly surprised that the member would interject on a matter involving bail given that she might well be showing some interest in that matter herself if the current police investigations - Ms S.E. Walker : What about you? Are you being investigated? Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Is the member interjecting? Ms S.E. Walker : Yes, I am. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say I am not overly surprised that the member would interject on a matter involving bail given that she might well be showing some interest in that matter herself if the current police investigations - Ms S.E. Walker : What about you? Are you being investigated? Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Ms S.E. Walker : Yes, I am. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say I am not overly surprised that the member would interject on a matter involving bail given that she might well be showing some interest in that matter herself if the current police investigations - Ms S.E. Walker : What about you? Are you being investigated? Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say I am not overly surprised that the member would interject on a matter involving bail given that she might well be showing some interest in that matter herself if the current police investigations - Ms S.E. Walker : What about you? Are you being investigated? Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Ms S.E. Walker : What about you? Are you being investigated? Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : - if the current police investigations into the member for stealing - Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Ms S.E. Walker : You were in the room, McGinty. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : - result in criminal charges being laid against the member. Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Ms S.E. Walker : I haven’t seen any police. Please send them along. I’ve got nothing to hide. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Last Thursday I went to a most remarkable meeting, called by the Nedlands City Council, in Perth’s western suburbs at the Hollywood-Subiaco Bowling Club. We were discussing the traffic implications of the expansion of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and after I had concluded my address to the several hundred people who were there, the member for Nedlands stood up and launched this most extraordinary attack on the Mayor of the City of Nedlands. She managed to derail the whole meeting, and deflect the hundreds of people who had come out on a cold winter’s night - Point of Order Dr S.C. THOMAS : Mr Speaker, as much as I am enjoying the tirade from the Attorney, I refer him again to standing order 78: an answer must be relevant to the question asked. The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
The SPEAKER : Order! Herein lies the problem with interjections. If the Attorney invites interjections, members will interject. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I have been to some fairly willing meetings in my time, but I must say I just sat there, wide-eyed and open-mouthed - agog - at what was taking place! Obviously, the western suburbs Liberals had decided to take off the gloves! It was a vicious, white-knuckle affair, this exchange between the member for Nedlands and the mayor! Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Things in the Labor Party are like a genteel afternoon tea party compared with what I witnessed from the Liberal Party in Perth’s western suburbs last Thursday night! Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr E.S. Ripper : The Attorney General is the kindest one of all! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Indeed! I was enjoying the company of these people, but I just sat there amazed! The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
The SPEAKER : Order, minister! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Sorry, Mr Speaker. The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
The low point, however, of the evening came as the meeting broke up, and the chief executive officer of the City of Nedlands came over to me and said, “The member for Nedlands has taken the register. She and her friends have taken off, and, when we called them, they simply laughed and kept on going.” This matter has been reported to the police. As I understand it, the member for Nedlands is under investigation for a serious crime of theft. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : Order! I think the Attorney General has just strayed into what is deemed to be unparliamentary, by impugning the motives of the member for Nedlands. If the Attorney wishes to do that, he should do that through a substantive motion, as the Attorney well knows. I direct that the Attorney withdraw that last part of his answer. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr J.A. McGINTY : I must say that what I witnessed at that meeting was not very edifying for a shadow Attorney General. The changes to the Bail Act that we are introducing tomorrow will most probably be a little too late to be of any benefit to the member for Nedlands.
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