❓ Question asks for the date the Attorney General requested the DPP to draft legislation. The Attorney General's response details the DPP's involvement from July of the previous year and defends the government's approach to developing sound legislation, criticising the opposition's potential approach.
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On what date did the Attorney General ask the Director of Public Prosecutions to commence drafting this legislation? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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The Director of Public Prosecutions became involved in the issue in July of last year, if my memory serves correctly, when I stated that the government wanted to bring forward legislation to deal with this matter by looking at what was proposed in the United Kingdom. Anyone who has spent time reading the comprehensive report of the Chief Psychiatrist that had significant input from the DPP dated 24 December of last year would appreciate that matters of principle and the application of law needs to be resolved before we can sensibly bring forward amending legislation. Members opposite may think that we should throw in something half-baked to satisfy some prurient or perhaps basic need in the community to be seen to be doing something. I am more interested in achieving something that is sustainable in the long run and that will be good law to protect the community, and not play the sort of games being played by people opposite. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse and the Leader of the Opposition for the second time.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: The Director of Public Prosecutions became involved in the issue in July of last year, if my memory serves correctly, when I stated that the government wanted to bring forward legislation to deal with this matter by looking at what was proposed in the United Kingdom. Anyone who has spent time reading the comprehensive report of the Chief Psychiatrist that had significant input from the DPP dated 24 December of last year would appreciate that matters of principle and the application of law needs to be resolved before we can sensibly bring forward amending legislation. Members opposite may think that we should throw in something half-baked to satisfy some prurient or perhaps basic need in the community to be seen to be doing something. I am more interested in achieving something that is sustainable in the long run and that will be good law to protect the community, and not play the sort of games being played by people opposite. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse and the Leader of the Opposition for the second time.
The Director of Public Prosecutions became involved in the issue in July of last year, if my memory serves correctly, when I stated that the government wanted to bring forward legislation to deal with this matter by looking at what was proposed in the United Kingdom. Anyone who has spent time reading the comprehensive report of the Chief Psychiatrist that had significant input from the DPP dated 24 December of last year would appreciate that matters of principle and the application of law needs to be resolved before we can sensibly bring forward amending legislation. Members opposite may think that we should throw in something half-baked to satisfy some prurient or perhaps basic need in the community to be seen to be doing something. I am more interested in achieving something that is sustainable in the long run and that will be good law to protect the community, and not play the sort of games being played by people opposite. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse and the Leader of the Opposition for the second time.
The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse and the Leader of the Opposition for the second time.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: The Director of Public Prosecutions became involved in the issue in July of last year, if my memory serves correctly, when I stated that the government wanted to bring forward legislation to deal with this matter by looking at what was proposed in the United Kingdom. Anyone who has spent time reading the comprehensive report of the Chief Psychiatrist that had significant input from the DPP dated 24 December of last year would appreciate that matters of principle and the application of law needs to be resolved before we can sensibly bring forward amending legislation. Members opposite may think that we should throw in something half-baked to satisfy some prurient or perhaps basic need in the community to be seen to be doing something. I am more interested in achieving something that is sustainable in the long run and that will be good law to protect the community, and not play the sort of games being played by people opposite. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse and the Leader of the Opposition for the second time.
The Director of Public Prosecutions became involved in the issue in July of last year, if my memory serves correctly, when I stated that the government wanted to bring forward legislation to deal with this matter by looking at what was proposed in the United Kingdom. Anyone who has spent time reading the comprehensive report of the Chief Psychiatrist that had significant input from the DPP dated 24 December of last year would appreciate that matters of principle and the application of law needs to be resolved before we can sensibly bring forward amending legislation. Members opposite may think that we should throw in something half-baked to satisfy some prurient or perhaps basic need in the community to be seen to be doing something. I am more interested in achieving something that is sustainable in the long run and that will be good law to protect the community, and not play the sort of games being played by people opposite. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse and the Leader of the Opposition for the second time.
The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse and the Leader of the Opposition for the second time.
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