❓ Question regarding government action on assaults against public officers, specifically ambulance officers, and the potential introduction of mandatory jail terms. The Premier's response is initially vague, leading to interjections and accusations.
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ASSAULT ON AMBULANCE OFFICERS
I refer to the police minister’s comments in this house on 8 March as follows - I am happy to convey to the community once again the message that people who abuse or cause bodily harm to public officers acting in the line of duty will be dealt with severely. We will look at the current laws to see whether there are any anomalies that we should rectify. This government wants to send the clear message that people who interfere with and cause bodily harm to public officers will be sent to jail. (1) Is the Premier aware of the details of an assault on ambulance officers who attended an incident near a Rockingham nightclub last Saturday night? (2) In light of this attack, will the Premier’s government now act to introduce a minimum mandatory jail term for anybody who commits a serious assault on a public officer, including ambulance officers? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
I refer to the police minister’s comments in this house on 8 March as follows - I am happy to convey to the community once again the message that people who abuse or cause bodily harm to public officers acting in the line of duty will be dealt with severely. We will look at the current laws to see whether there are any anomalies that we should rectify. This government wants to send the clear message that people who interfere with and cause bodily harm to public officers will be sent to jail. (1) Is the Premier aware of the details of an assault on ambulance officers who attended an incident near a Rockingham nightclub last Saturday night? (2) In light of this attack, will the Premier’s government now act to introduce a minimum mandatory jail term for anybody who commits a serious assault on a public officer, including ambulance officers? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for Bunbury for the question. I was just trying to get some advice about that particular matter. (1)-(2) My knowledge of the assault comes only from the television news and I think that is probably where the member for Bunbury’s knowledge came from. I understood that a person was assaulted while he was being treated by ambulance officers. I confess that I was not aware that the ambulance officers themselves had been assaulted. Is that the case? Mr G.M. Castrilli : They were at the scene and they were pushed aside by the assailants, who came back a second time to assault the person the officers were trying to help. Mr R.F. Johnson : It’s been on the radio all morning. Where have you been? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have actually been working. I will give the member for Hillarys a startling revelation: when I am in my office working, I do not listen to the radio. Assaults on a public officer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
(2) In light of this attack, will the Premier’s government now act to introduce a minimum mandatory jail term for anybody who commits a serious assault on a public officer, including ambulance officers? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Bunbury for the question. I was just trying to get some advice about that particular matter. (1)-(2) My knowledge of the assault comes only from the television news and I think that is probably where the member for Bunbury’s knowledge came from. I understood that a person was assaulted while he was being treated by ambulance officers. I confess that I was not aware that the ambulance officers themselves had been assaulted. Is that the case? Mr G.M. Castrilli : They were at the scene and they were pushed aside by the assailants, who came back a second time to assault the person the officers were trying to help. Mr R.F. Johnson : It’s been on the radio all morning. Where have you been? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have actually been working. I will give the member for Hillarys a startling revelation: when I am in my office working, I do not listen to the radio. Assaults on a public officer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Bunbury for the question. I was just trying to get some advice about that particular matter. (1)-(2) My knowledge of the assault comes only from the television news and I think that is probably where the member for Bunbury’s knowledge came from. I understood that a person was assaulted while he was being treated by ambulance officers. I confess that I was not aware that the ambulance officers themselves had been assaulted. Is that the case? Mr G.M. Castrilli : They were at the scene and they were pushed aside by the assailants, who came back a second time to assault the person the officers were trying to help. Mr R.F. Johnson : It’s been on the radio all morning. Where have you been? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have actually been working. I will give the member for Hillarys a startling revelation: when I am in my office working, I do not listen to the radio. Assaults on a public officer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
I thank the member for Bunbury for the question. I was just trying to get some advice about that particular matter. (1)-(2) My knowledge of the assault comes only from the television news and I think that is probably where the member for Bunbury’s knowledge came from. I understood that a person was assaulted while he was being treated by ambulance officers. I confess that I was not aware that the ambulance officers themselves had been assaulted. Is that the case? Mr G.M. Castrilli : They were at the scene and they were pushed aside by the assailants, who came back a second time to assault the person the officers were trying to help. Mr R.F. Johnson : It’s been on the radio all morning. Where have you been? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have actually been working. I will give the member for Hillarys a startling revelation: when I am in my office working, I do not listen to the radio. Assaults on a public officer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
(1)-(2) My knowledge of the assault comes only from the television news and I think that is probably where the member for Bunbury’s knowledge came from. I understood that a person was assaulted while he was being treated by ambulance officers. I confess that I was not aware that the ambulance officers themselves had been assaulted. Is that the case? Mr G.M. Castrilli : They were at the scene and they were pushed aside by the assailants, who came back a second time to assault the person the officers were trying to help. Mr R.F. Johnson : It’s been on the radio all morning. Where have you been? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have actually been working. I will give the member for Hillarys a startling revelation: when I am in my office working, I do not listen to the radio. Assaults on a public officer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Mr G.M. Castrilli : They were at the scene and they were pushed aside by the assailants, who came back a second time to assault the person the officers were trying to help. Mr R.F. Johnson : It’s been on the radio all morning. Where have you been? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have actually been working. I will give the member for Hillarys a startling revelation: when I am in my office working, I do not listen to the radio. Assaults on a public officer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Mr R.F. Johnson : It’s been on the radio all morning. Where have you been? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have actually been working. I will give the member for Hillarys a startling revelation: when I am in my office working, I do not listen to the radio. Assaults on a public officer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have actually been working. I will give the member for Hillarys a startling revelation: when I am in my office working, I do not listen to the radio. Assaults on a public officer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Assaults on a public officer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
(2) In light of this attack, will the Premier’s government now act to introduce a minimum mandatory jail term for anybody who commits a serious assault on a public officer, including ambulance officers? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Bunbury for the question. I was just trying to get some advice about that particular matter. (1)-(2) My knowledge of the assault comes only from the television news and I think that is probably where the member for Bunbury’s knowledge came from. I understood that a person was assaulted while he was being treated by ambulance officers. I confess that I was not aware that the ambulance officers themselves had been assaulted. Is that the case? Mr G.M. Castrilli : They were at the scene and they were pushed aside by the assailants, who came back a second time to assault the person the officers were trying to help. Mr R.F. Johnson : It’s been on the radio all morning. Where have you been? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have actually been working. I will give the member for Hillarys a startling revelation: when I am in my office working, I do not listen to the radio. Assaults on a public officer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Bunbury for the question. I was just trying to get some advice about that particular matter. (1)-(2) My knowledge of the assault comes only from the television news and I think that is probably where the member for Bunbury’s knowledge came from. I understood that a person was assaulted while he was being treated by ambulance officers. I confess that I was not aware that the ambulance officers themselves had been assaulted. Is that the case? Mr G.M. Castrilli : They were at the scene and they were pushed aside by the assailants, who came back a second time to assault the person the officers were trying to help. Mr R.F. Johnson : It’s been on the radio all morning. Where have you been? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have actually been working. I will give the member for Hillarys a startling revelation: when I am in my office working, I do not listen to the radio. Assaults on a public officer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
I thank the member for Bunbury for the question. I was just trying to get some advice about that particular matter. (1)-(2) My knowledge of the assault comes only from the television news and I think that is probably where the member for Bunbury’s knowledge came from. I understood that a person was assaulted while he was being treated by ambulance officers. I confess that I was not aware that the ambulance officers themselves had been assaulted. Is that the case? Mr G.M. Castrilli : They were at the scene and they were pushed aside by the assailants, who came back a second time to assault the person the officers were trying to help. Mr R.F. Johnson : It’s been on the radio all morning. Where have you been? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have actually been working. I will give the member for Hillarys a startling revelation: when I am in my office working, I do not listen to the radio. Assaults on a public officer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
(1)-(2) My knowledge of the assault comes only from the television news and I think that is probably where the member for Bunbury’s knowledge came from. I understood that a person was assaulted while he was being treated by ambulance officers. I confess that I was not aware that the ambulance officers themselves had been assaulted. Is that the case? Mr G.M. Castrilli : They were at the scene and they were pushed aside by the assailants, who came back a second time to assault the person the officers were trying to help. Mr R.F. Johnson : It’s been on the radio all morning. Where have you been? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have actually been working. I will give the member for Hillarys a startling revelation: when I am in my office working, I do not listen to the radio. Assaults on a public officer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Mr G.M. Castrilli : They were at the scene and they were pushed aside by the assailants, who came back a second time to assault the person the officers were trying to help. Mr R.F. Johnson : It’s been on the radio all morning. Where have you been? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have actually been working. I will give the member for Hillarys a startling revelation: when I am in my office working, I do not listen to the radio. Assaults on a public officer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Mr R.F. Johnson : It’s been on the radio all morning. Where have you been? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have actually been working. I will give the member for Hillarys a startling revelation: when I am in my office working, I do not listen to the radio. Assaults on a public officer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have actually been working. I will give the member for Hillarys a startling revelation: when I am in my office working, I do not listen to the radio. Assaults on a public officer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Assaults on a public officer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Assaults on a public officer carry a penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
An opposition member: That’s the maximum. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The presiding judge in the court has the capacity to impose a penalty of 10 years in prison. We have had arguments before about the value of mandatory sentencing in these circumstances. However, broadly, of course we are all appalled by, and abhor attacks on, anyone in the community, whether they be people who are riding bicycles, people who are driving cars and are assaulted by other drivers in road-rage incidents or people who are on public transport; of course we do and of course the police minister - Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Admit it: you are soft on crime and soft on drugs. You are absolutely pathetic. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is my response to the member for Bunbury. In relation to the general picture, I ask anybody to look at the statistics to see which government has been more effective in dealing with crime: it is this one.
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