❓ The Attorney General addresses Parliament regarding an ex gratia payment to Mr. Ward's family, responding to opposition criticism about delays and outlining the process and timeline of the request.
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MR WARD’s FAMILY — EX GRATIA PAYMENT
Given the recent statements by the opposition about the government’s consideration of an ex gratia payment to the family of Mr Ward, can the Attorney General update the house of the status of the ongoing discussions that are occurring with the Ward family and their representatives? Mr C.C. PORTER
Given the recent statements by the opposition about the government’s consideration of an ex gratia payment to the family of Mr Ward, can the Attorney General update the house of the status of the ongoing discussions that are occurring with the Ward family and their representatives? Mr C.C. PORTER
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I thank the member for his question. One thing that I will not do is go into the intricate details of the correspondence that has passed between my office and the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia, which represents Mr Ward’s family. Given some of the recent statements about this situation from the member for Mindarie—I would characterise them as intemperate—some explanation of the process to Parliament is warranted. As I explained about the Mr Mallard matter, an ex gratia payment is not in the nature of compensation for legal liability or compensation for an action that may or may not be taken against the government. In this matter, the Aboriginal Legal Service has corresponded to me and suggested a process. This matter may well involve an application for an ex gratia payment as well as a legal action against the government and, potentially, another party—the contractors—and those claims may run alongside each other. The Aboriginal Legal Service has said that that process could take some time. They are its words, not mine. After looking at the process that the ALS has suggested, I believe that it might be right. There is some distance to go before the matter of the actual total ex gratia application amount can be taken to cabinet. The member for Mindarie’s comments were about an interim payment. He said things of the nature that this government had been absolutely shameful and that people should be ashamed of this government. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.C. PORTER : He said that the government had profited and sat idly by while the family was destitute. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : He also said — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER replied: I thank the member for his question. One thing that I will not do is go into the intricate details of the correspondence that has passed between my office and the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia, which represents Mr Ward’s family. Given some of the recent statements about this situation from the member for Mindarie—I would characterise them as intemperate—some explanation of the process to Parliament is warranted. As I explained about the Mr Mallard matter, an ex gratia payment is not in the nature of compensation for legal liability or compensation for an action that may or may not be taken against the government. In this matter, the Aboriginal Legal Service has corresponded to me and suggested a process. This matter may well involve an application for an ex gratia payment as well as a legal action against the government and, potentially, another party—the contractors—and those claims may run alongside each other. The Aboriginal Legal Service has said that that process could take some time. They are its words, not mine. After looking at the process that the ALS has suggested, I believe that it might be right. There is some distance to go before the matter of the actual total ex gratia application amount can be taken to cabinet. The member for Mindarie’s comments were about an interim payment. He said things of the nature that this government had been absolutely shameful and that people should be ashamed of this government. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.C. PORTER : He said that the government had profited and sat idly by while the family was destitute. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : He also said — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
I thank the member for his question. One thing that I will not do is go into the intricate details of the correspondence that has passed between my office and the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia, which represents Mr Ward’s family. Given some of the recent statements about this situation from the member for Mindarie—I would characterise them as intemperate—some explanation of the process to Parliament is warranted. As I explained about the Mr Mallard matter, an ex gratia payment is not in the nature of compensation for legal liability or compensation for an action that may or may not be taken against the government. In this matter, the Aboriginal Legal Service has corresponded to me and suggested a process. This matter may well involve an application for an ex gratia payment as well as a legal action against the government and, potentially, another party—the contractors—and those claims may run alongside each other. The Aboriginal Legal Service has said that that process could take some time. They are its words, not mine. After looking at the process that the ALS has suggested, I believe that it might be right. There is some distance to go before the matter of the actual total ex gratia application amount can be taken to cabinet. The member for Mindarie’s comments were about an interim payment. He said things of the nature that this government had been absolutely shameful and that people should be ashamed of this government. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.C. PORTER : He said that the government had profited and sat idly by while the family was destitute. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : He also said — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.C. PORTER : He said that the government had profited and sat idly by while the family was destitute. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : He also said — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.C. PORTER : He said that the government had profited and sat idly by while the family was destitute. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : He also said — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : He said that the government had profited and sat idly by while the family was destitute. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : He also said — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : He also said — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : He also said — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
… The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle.
The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle.
The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER replied: I thank the member for his question. One thing that I will not do is go into the intricate details of the correspondence that has passed between my office and the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia, which represents Mr Ward’s family. Given some of the recent statements about this situation from the member for Mindarie—I would characterise them as intemperate—some explanation of the process to Parliament is warranted. As I explained about the Mr Mallard matter, an ex gratia payment is not in the nature of compensation for legal liability or compensation for an action that may or may not be taken against the government. In this matter, the Aboriginal Legal Service has corresponded to me and suggested a process. This matter may well involve an application for an ex gratia payment as well as a legal action against the government and, potentially, another party—the contractors—and those claims may run alongside each other. The Aboriginal Legal Service has said that that process could take some time. They are its words, not mine. After looking at the process that the ALS has suggested, I believe that it might be right. There is some distance to go before the matter of the actual total ex gratia application amount can be taken to cabinet. The member for Mindarie’s comments were about an interim payment. He said things of the nature that this government had been absolutely shameful and that people should be ashamed of this government. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.C. PORTER : He said that the government had profited and sat idly by while the family was destitute. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : He also said — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
I thank the member for his question. One thing that I will not do is go into the intricate details of the correspondence that has passed between my office and the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia, which represents Mr Ward’s family. Given some of the recent statements about this situation from the member for Mindarie—I would characterise them as intemperate—some explanation of the process to Parliament is warranted. As I explained about the Mr Mallard matter, an ex gratia payment is not in the nature of compensation for legal liability or compensation for an action that may or may not be taken against the government. In this matter, the Aboriginal Legal Service has corresponded to me and suggested a process. This matter may well involve an application for an ex gratia payment as well as a legal action against the government and, potentially, another party—the contractors—and those claims may run alongside each other. The Aboriginal Legal Service has said that that process could take some time. They are its words, not mine. After looking at the process that the ALS has suggested, I believe that it might be right. There is some distance to go before the matter of the actual total ex gratia application amount can be taken to cabinet. The member for Mindarie’s comments were about an interim payment. He said things of the nature that this government had been absolutely shameful and that people should be ashamed of this government. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.C. PORTER : He said that the government had profited and sat idly by while the family was destitute. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : He also said — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.C. PORTER : He said that the government had profited and sat idly by while the family was destitute. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : He also said — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.C. PORTER : He said that the government had profited and sat idly by while the family was destitute. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : He also said — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : He said that the government had profited and sat idly by while the family was destitute. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : He also said — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : He also said — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : He also said — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : I think every member in this place is interested in this issue from a range of different perspectives. I want to hear your answer, Attorney General, and I want everybody in this place to listen to the answer. Whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think there might be better answers, it is the Attorney General’s opportunity to talk to this issue. I give the call to the Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : One of the other comments was of the nature that this government has been very good at spending a lot of time bringing in extreme law and order issues, and it has not been any good at delivering fairness and justice to many people in Western Australia. Those comments were about what the member for Mindarie sees as the inordinate delay in the granting of a requested interim ex gratia payment in the sum of about $200 000. I say to the house that I think there might have been some fairness in those comments, had they meant to say that a period, say, for instance, from the actual State Coroner’s report to now would have been undue delay. But the fact is that I did not receive a request for an interim ex gratia payment until the middle of January. I am progressing that and I expect to have my recommendation that that be endorsed before cabinet, but the middle of January was the first time I had had such a request. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : It is for the Aboriginal Legal Service to represent its clients in the best way it sees fit, and it may have had a number of reasons for not making that request of me until that point in time, but it has been progressed swiftly from the point at which the request was made to me. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : What happens here — The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : I will repeat my comments. I think that everybody in this house is interested in this case and that everybody might have a different opinion about the way that an answer can be achieved to it. However, the question has been asked of the Attorney General and he is the only person I want to hear from at this point. The Attorney General has the call. Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : Words such as “appalling” and “shameful” show what the opposition’s attitude is. I do not play a lot of videogames, but when playing a videogame, a point can be reached at which, if it all goes badly, “reset” can be hit and one can pretend that things had not happened up to that point in time. Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : The former government went into opposition and it — Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr J.R. Quigley : You paid the man from Cottesloe before he asked, but you won’t pay Mrs Ward! You couldn’t pay the man from Cottesloe quick enough! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the first time. Attorney General, I request that you move rapidly towards the conclusion of your answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : In order to move to that rapid conclusion, I will read a short passage from the coroner’s report into this matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : Attorney General, take a seat. Members, I said that the only person I wanted to hear from was the Attorney General. Member for Girrawheen, I formally call you for the second time. I do not want to hear anybody else during the remainder of this very short—I hope—conclusion. Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr J.R. Quigley : It’s a lecture! The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mindarie, I formally call you for the second time as well. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : If you want me to keep on doing this, I might just stop question time right now. That might please some of you entirely. Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the first time and the member for Albany for the second time. Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr P.B. Watson : I didn’t say anything; it was him! The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : That is good. Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : It does not surprise me that the opposition does not want to hear it! The coroner’s report states — The Department’s approach to procurement of a replacement fleet for prisoner transport was a long and involved process. It had commenced shortly after the Cabinet decision was made to acquire the prisoner transport fleet in 2003 but funding for replacement of the prisoner transport fleet was not first requested until the 2006/07 budget process when an amount of $336,000 per annum was sought. In the 2007/08 budget process additional funding of $686,000 in 2007/08 rising to $1.419 million in 2010/11 was sought for leasing costs for the replacement of the fleet. These requests were not approved. There were many reasons why that death occurred. The coroner went on to say — This situation was unsatisfactory. … The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
… The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle.
The cost of maintenance, service and repairs for the relatively small fleet of approximately 40 prisoner transport vehicles appears to have reflected their very poor condition. From January to December 2007 the cost was $480,121 … The expenditure from January to December 2008 was $813,549 … In other words by 2008 the annual cost of maintenance, service and repairs averaged over $20,000 per vehicle.
The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Joondalup, Warnbro, Mandurah and Kwinana for the first time, collectively. Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Attorney General, have you concluded your remarks? Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. Porter : Almost. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : The only person I have asked a question of is the Attorney General. I do not want to hear any comments from anybody else. I will give you one last chance, Attorney General. Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Mr C.C. PORTER : The shame in this matter is that members opposite failed to recognise their responsibility and they have lost that right. What earthly right do members opposite have to come here and say there is shame on this government? We are fixing the problem that they created. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the second time; likewise, member for Cannington.
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