❓ Question regarding the release of a dangerous sex offender and whether the Minister for Police agrees with the Minister for Corrective Services' stance on breaches of release conditions. The Minister for Police avoids directly answering the question, leading to interruptions and calls for order.
AnsweredQoN 168Legislative Assembly
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DANGEROUS
SEX OFFENDERS — RELEASE FROM PRISON
168. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS to the
Minister for Police:
I have a supplementary question. Was the Minister for
Corrective Services right or wrong when he said that there would be
consequences for just the slightest breach, or is that under review as well?
SEX OFFENDERS — RELEASE FROM PRISON
168. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS to the
Minister for Police:
I have a supplementary question. Was the Minister for
Corrective Services right or wrong when he said that there would be
consequences for just the slightest breach, or is that under review as well?
AnswerView source ↗
I am not going to give an opinion on what the minister —
Mr P.C. Tinley interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order
for the first time.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : I
come back to the crux of the issue here, which is the decision made by the
court to release this person into the community. There was a 34-paragraph,
12-page judgement —
Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, I call you to order
for the first time.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY :
Just about every single paragraph of that report and that judgement referred to
this person being a dangerous person, a threat to the community and difficult
to manage.
Point of Order
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS :
My question was whether the minister agreed with the Minister for Corrective
Services. She said she was not going to give an opinion on that, so I am
wondering why she is still on her feet.
The SPEAKER :
Minister, can you answer the question?
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mrs L.M. HARVEY :
To finish my sentence, the point I am making is that this person was released
inappropriately, in my view, into the community.
Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Minister, I
would like you to confine the answer to what the member for Midland asked you,
and then we just need to move on.
Mr M.P. Murray interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call
you to order for the first time. I have been up and down like a yoyo for seven
minutes and we have not even finished the supplementary question.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : I
think it is important that we look at what the government is doing about the
issue we are facing that the community is concerned with. The issue of concern
to the community is that a person who is known to be a recidivist dangerous sex
offender has been released by the court into the community.
Mr J.R. Quigley :
And by the police!
The SPEAKER : Member for Butler, I call you to order
for the second time. Can you wind this up, minister?
Mrs L.M. HARVEY :
The member for Butler can criticise police, but police have arrested this
person and he will appear before the court next week, and, once again, the
courts will make a decision about what they do with this dangerous sex
offender. Police have acted absolutely within the legislative requirement, and
I am confident that they have done everything they can do, given the
circumstances they have been placed in by having to deal with this person whom
the court has released into the community.
Mr P.C. Tinley interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order
for the first time.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : I
come back to the crux of the issue here, which is the decision made by the
court to release this person into the community. There was a 34-paragraph,
12-page judgement —
Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Midland, I call you to order
for the first time.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY :
Just about every single paragraph of that report and that judgement referred to
this person being a dangerous person, a threat to the community and difficult
to manage.
Point of Order
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS :
My question was whether the minister agreed with the Minister for Corrective
Services. She said she was not going to give an opinion on that, so I am
wondering why she is still on her feet.
The SPEAKER :
Minister, can you answer the question?
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mrs L.M. HARVEY :
To finish my sentence, the point I am making is that this person was released
inappropriately, in my view, into the community.
Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Minister, I
would like you to confine the answer to what the member for Midland asked you,
and then we just need to move on.
Mr M.P. Murray interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call
you to order for the first time. I have been up and down like a yoyo for seven
minutes and we have not even finished the supplementary question.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : I
think it is important that we look at what the government is doing about the
issue we are facing that the community is concerned with. The issue of concern
to the community is that a person who is known to be a recidivist dangerous sex
offender has been released by the court into the community.
Mr J.R. Quigley :
And by the police!
The SPEAKER : Member for Butler, I call you to order
for the second time. Can you wind this up, minister?
Mrs L.M. HARVEY :
The member for Butler can criticise police, but police have arrested this
person and he will appear before the court next week, and, once again, the
courts will make a decision about what they do with this dangerous sex
offender. Police have acted absolutely within the legislative requirement, and
I am confident that they have done everything they can do, given the
circumstances they have been placed in by having to deal with this person whom
the court has released into the community.
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