❓ A parliamentary question regarding the Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000, focusing on the discrepancy between frozen assets and actual confiscations, and the adequacy of resources allocated to police and the DPP. The Attorney General disputes the figures and defends the government's progress.
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I refer to the Attorney General’s comments in the budget estimates when explaining the reason the paltry amount of only $3.5 million has been collected under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000 over the past four years that he expects the amount confiscated will continue to grow as police gain greater expertise and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution dedicates more resources to this issue. (1) Is it not the truth that the police asset investigation unit is the highest achieving unit in Australia and the Attorney General expects it to perform on a grant of $150 000 a year - on the smell of an oily rag? (2) Is it not also true that some $95 million worth of assets have been frozen since 2001 and a lack of resources for the DPP is the reason for the bottleneck in the confiscation of these assets by that office? (3) Why is the DPP allocated only $1.1 million to process applications and unexplained wealth reports by the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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(1)-(3) Unfortunately the question posed by the member for Nedlands and, in fact, the press release that she put out today to try to excite some broader public interest in this matter are riddled with errors. The member for Nedlands has lost her edge lately. She is not as sharp as she once was. I enjoyed the interchanges much more when she was a bit sharper. Ms S.E. Walker : I am just warming you up. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount of money that currently is frozen under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act is $53 million and not $95 million, which is the figure the member said was warehoused. That is not correct. Ms S.E. Walker : Where did you get that figure from? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
(1) Is it not the truth that the police asset investigation unit is the highest achieving unit in Australia and the Attorney General expects it to perform on a grant of $150 000 a year - on the smell of an oily rag? (2) Is it not also true that some $95 million worth of assets have been frozen since 2001 and a lack of resources for the DPP is the reason for the bottleneck in the confiscation of these assets by that office? (3) Why is the DPP allocated only $1.1 million to process applications and unexplained wealth reports by the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately the question posed by the member for Nedlands and, in fact, the press release that she put out today to try to excite some broader public interest in this matter are riddled with errors. The member for Nedlands has lost her edge lately. She is not as sharp as she once was. I enjoyed the interchanges much more when she was a bit sharper. Ms S.E. Walker : I am just warming you up. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount of money that currently is frozen under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act is $53 million and not $95 million, which is the figure the member said was warehoused. That is not correct. Ms S.E. Walker : Where did you get that figure from? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
(2) Is it not also true that some $95 million worth of assets have been frozen since 2001 and a lack of resources for the DPP is the reason for the bottleneck in the confiscation of these assets by that office? (3) Why is the DPP allocated only $1.1 million to process applications and unexplained wealth reports by the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately the question posed by the member for Nedlands and, in fact, the press release that she put out today to try to excite some broader public interest in this matter are riddled with errors. The member for Nedlands has lost her edge lately. She is not as sharp as she once was. I enjoyed the interchanges much more when she was a bit sharper. Ms S.E. Walker : I am just warming you up. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount of money that currently is frozen under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act is $53 million and not $95 million, which is the figure the member said was warehoused. That is not correct. Ms S.E. Walker : Where did you get that figure from? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
(3) Why is the DPP allocated only $1.1 million to process applications and unexplained wealth reports by the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately the question posed by the member for Nedlands and, in fact, the press release that she put out today to try to excite some broader public interest in this matter are riddled with errors. The member for Nedlands has lost her edge lately. She is not as sharp as she once was. I enjoyed the interchanges much more when she was a bit sharper. Ms S.E. Walker : I am just warming you up. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount of money that currently is frozen under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act is $53 million and not $95 million, which is the figure the member said was warehoused. That is not correct. Ms S.E. Walker : Where did you get that figure from? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately the question posed by the member for Nedlands and, in fact, the press release that she put out today to try to excite some broader public interest in this matter are riddled with errors. The member for Nedlands has lost her edge lately. She is not as sharp as she once was. I enjoyed the interchanges much more when she was a bit sharper. Ms S.E. Walker : I am just warming you up. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount of money that currently is frozen under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act is $53 million and not $95 million, which is the figure the member said was warehoused. That is not correct. Ms S.E. Walker : Where did you get that figure from? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
(1)-(3) Unfortunately the question posed by the member for Nedlands and, in fact, the press release that she put out today to try to excite some broader public interest in this matter are riddled with errors. The member for Nedlands has lost her edge lately. She is not as sharp as she once was. I enjoyed the interchanges much more when she was a bit sharper. Ms S.E. Walker : I am just warming you up. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount of money that currently is frozen under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act is $53 million and not $95 million, which is the figure the member said was warehoused. That is not correct. Ms S.E. Walker : Where did you get that figure from? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Ms S.E. Walker : I am just warming you up. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount of money that currently is frozen under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act is $53 million and not $95 million, which is the figure the member said was warehoused. That is not correct. Ms S.E. Walker : Where did you get that figure from? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount of money that currently is frozen under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act is $53 million and not $95 million, which is the figure the member said was warehoused. That is not correct. Ms S.E. Walker : Where did you get that figure from? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Ms S.E. Walker : Where did you get that figure from? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
(1) Is it not the truth that the police asset investigation unit is the highest achieving unit in Australia and the Attorney General expects it to perform on a grant of $150 000 a year - on the smell of an oily rag? (2) Is it not also true that some $95 million worth of assets have been frozen since 2001 and a lack of resources for the DPP is the reason for the bottleneck in the confiscation of these assets by that office? (3) Why is the DPP allocated only $1.1 million to process applications and unexplained wealth reports by the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately the question posed by the member for Nedlands and, in fact, the press release that she put out today to try to excite some broader public interest in this matter are riddled with errors. The member for Nedlands has lost her edge lately. She is not as sharp as she once was. I enjoyed the interchanges much more when she was a bit sharper. Ms S.E. Walker : I am just warming you up. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount of money that currently is frozen under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act is $53 million and not $95 million, which is the figure the member said was warehoused. That is not correct. Ms S.E. Walker : Where did you get that figure from? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
(2) Is it not also true that some $95 million worth of assets have been frozen since 2001 and a lack of resources for the DPP is the reason for the bottleneck in the confiscation of these assets by that office? (3) Why is the DPP allocated only $1.1 million to process applications and unexplained wealth reports by the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately the question posed by the member for Nedlands and, in fact, the press release that she put out today to try to excite some broader public interest in this matter are riddled with errors. The member for Nedlands has lost her edge lately. She is not as sharp as she once was. I enjoyed the interchanges much more when she was a bit sharper. Ms S.E. Walker : I am just warming you up. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount of money that currently is frozen under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act is $53 million and not $95 million, which is the figure the member said was warehoused. That is not correct. Ms S.E. Walker : Where did you get that figure from? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
(3) Why is the DPP allocated only $1.1 million to process applications and unexplained wealth reports by the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately the question posed by the member for Nedlands and, in fact, the press release that she put out today to try to excite some broader public interest in this matter are riddled with errors. The member for Nedlands has lost her edge lately. She is not as sharp as she once was. I enjoyed the interchanges much more when she was a bit sharper. Ms S.E. Walker : I am just warming you up. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount of money that currently is frozen under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act is $53 million and not $95 million, which is the figure the member said was warehoused. That is not correct. Ms S.E. Walker : Where did you get that figure from? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately the question posed by the member for Nedlands and, in fact, the press release that she put out today to try to excite some broader public interest in this matter are riddled with errors. The member for Nedlands has lost her edge lately. She is not as sharp as she once was. I enjoyed the interchanges much more when she was a bit sharper. Ms S.E. Walker : I am just warming you up. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount of money that currently is frozen under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act is $53 million and not $95 million, which is the figure the member said was warehoused. That is not correct. Ms S.E. Walker : Where did you get that figure from? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
(1)-(3) Unfortunately the question posed by the member for Nedlands and, in fact, the press release that she put out today to try to excite some broader public interest in this matter are riddled with errors. The member for Nedlands has lost her edge lately. She is not as sharp as she once was. I enjoyed the interchanges much more when she was a bit sharper. Ms S.E. Walker : I am just warming you up. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount of money that currently is frozen under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act is $53 million and not $95 million, which is the figure the member said was warehoused. That is not correct. Ms S.E. Walker : Where did you get that figure from? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Ms S.E. Walker : I am just warming you up. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount of money that currently is frozen under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act is $53 million and not $95 million, which is the figure the member said was warehoused. That is not correct. Ms S.E. Walker : Where did you get that figure from? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount of money that currently is frozen under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act is $53 million and not $95 million, which is the figure the member said was warehoused. That is not correct. Ms S.E. Walker : Where did you get that figure from? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Ms S.E. Walker : Where did you get that figure from? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : The Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Ms S.E. Walker : What about the police? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : The DPP has told me that the amount of money that is currently frozen under the conditions of the act is $53 million, not approximately double that, which the member for Nedlands has cited to try to excite some public interest in the matter. Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Ms S.E. Walker : You knew in 2003 that it was $22 million. Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : This is really a very, very good news story for the people of Western Australia. Let me give members some figures. In this financial year that finishes this week, approximately $1.9 million - Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Ms S.E. Walker : No, that is not right. Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : - will have been confiscated and paid into the account. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : By the day after tomorrow, the total amount will be $1.9 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Ms S.E. Walker : That is not in the estimates. The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
The SPEAKER : The member for Nedlands, I call you to order for the first time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : The amount for this financial year is $1.9 million, and that is an increase of 63 per cent over the amount last year, which was $1.17 million. Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Ms S.E. Walker : That is pathetic. Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : What we are seeing as the legislation comes into effect is that we are going in leaps and bounds - Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Ms S.E. Walker : It has been in place for four years. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Nedlands to order for the second time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds in confiscating - Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Nedlands to order for the third time. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : We are going in leaps and bounds as the legislation starts to have its full impact. In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
In addition, I advise that the $1.9 million that has been confiscated and paid into the account this financial year is a considerable understatement of the effect of this legislation on the serious criminals in Western Australia. Approximately $5.18 million worth of property has been confiscated under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act this financial year, but is yet to be sold or otherwise converted to cash. Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr M.J. Birney : Why? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Because appeal processes are under way. A series of processes is involved in this. Obviously that money will find its way into the account. To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
To answer the question specifically, the DPP has said three things that are immediately relevant. He said that there are sufficient resources to progress confiscations in a timely manner, and that the pace of litigation is determined by the rules of procedure and when criminal trials are listed. The DPP also said that if these actions - the very ones that we are talking about - were conducted in a commercial law firm, they would be regarded as project litigation. He said that - These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
These actions involve matters of factual, legal and procedural complexity which are well defended and which require several years to reach the hearing stage and whose interlocutory stages and final outcomes both have been and are further likely to be the subject of appeal. While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
While the amounts involved in pieces of project litigation conducted by the CU are greater than other litigation actions conducted under the CPCA, the resources expended in progressing complex litigation are also greater and those resources are expended for several years before the final result of confiscation can be achieved. The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
The Director of Public Prosecutions likened that to sunk costs in a major project. It is quite clear that this is a tremendous success story. We are building on that from year to year as we confiscate more and more proceeds of crime in this state, and I hope that it will continue.
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