❓ A parliamentary question regarding the tasering of Mr. Spratt, focusing on the Police Commissioner's actions and the Minister's support. The Minister refuses to answer, citing an ongoing CCC inquiry, and accuses the questioner of being anti-police.
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KEVIN SPRATT INCIDENT — TIME LINE OF EVENTS
I refer to the tasering attack on Mr Spratt and note that the Commissioner of Police was unaware of the stark contradiction between the police summary of facts as released by me and the video footage of Mr Spratt being tasered, and that the commissioner said he would initiate an inquiry into this stark contradiction. (1) Does the minister now concede that the commissioner’s earlier demand that the Corruption and Crime Commission release a report endorsing the adequacy of the original police inquiry into the tasering of Mr Spratt was a premature criticism and demand of the CCC? (2) Does the minister agree that the commissioner’s complaint to the parliamentary inspector that the CCC was improperly refusing to endorse the original police inquiry is a complaint without substance? (3) Does the minister also agree that his public support for the commissioner’s premature demand of the CCC and his support of the commissioner’s complaint to the parliamentary inspector is, on this occasion, ill-founded? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
I refer to the tasering attack on Mr Spratt and note that the Commissioner of Police was unaware of the stark contradiction between the police summary of facts as released by me and the video footage of Mr Spratt being tasered, and that the commissioner said he would initiate an inquiry into this stark contradiction. (1) Does the minister now concede that the commissioner’s earlier demand that the Corruption and Crime Commission release a report endorsing the adequacy of the original police inquiry into the tasering of Mr Spratt was a premature criticism and demand of the CCC? (2) Does the minister agree that the commissioner’s complaint to the parliamentary inspector that the CCC was improperly refusing to endorse the original police inquiry is a complaint without substance? (3) Does the minister also agree that his public support for the commissioner’s premature demand of the CCC and his support of the commissioner’s complaint to the parliamentary inspector is, on this occasion, ill-founded? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
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(1)–(3) I have a very quick answer. I do not intend to answer those questions, because — Mr J.R. Quigley : You’re not accountable and you won’t hold the police accountable, and you’re not accountable to this Parliament. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — the CCC is conducting an inquiry into the area that the member is asking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
(1) Does the minister now concede that the commissioner’s earlier demand that the Corruption and Crime Commission release a report endorsing the adequacy of the original police inquiry into the tasering of Mr Spratt was a premature criticism and demand of the CCC? (2) Does the minister agree that the commissioner’s complaint to the parliamentary inspector that the CCC was improperly refusing to endorse the original police inquiry is a complaint without substance? (3) Does the minister also agree that his public support for the commissioner’s premature demand of the CCC and his support of the commissioner’s complaint to the parliamentary inspector is, on this occasion, ill-founded? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: (1)–(3) I have a very quick answer. I do not intend to answer those questions, because — Mr J.R. Quigley : You’re not accountable and you won’t hold the police accountable, and you’re not accountable to this Parliament. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — the CCC is conducting an inquiry into the area that the member is asking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
(2) Does the minister agree that the commissioner’s complaint to the parliamentary inspector that the CCC was improperly refusing to endorse the original police inquiry is a complaint without substance? (3) Does the minister also agree that his public support for the commissioner’s premature demand of the CCC and his support of the commissioner’s complaint to the parliamentary inspector is, on this occasion, ill-founded? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: (1)–(3) I have a very quick answer. I do not intend to answer those questions, because — Mr J.R. Quigley : You’re not accountable and you won’t hold the police accountable, and you’re not accountable to this Parliament. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — the CCC is conducting an inquiry into the area that the member is asking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
(3) Does the minister also agree that his public support for the commissioner’s premature demand of the CCC and his support of the commissioner’s complaint to the parliamentary inspector is, on this occasion, ill-founded? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: (1)–(3) I have a very quick answer. I do not intend to answer those questions, because — Mr J.R. Quigley : You’re not accountable and you won’t hold the police accountable, and you’re not accountable to this Parliament. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — the CCC is conducting an inquiry into the area that the member is asking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: (1)–(3) I have a very quick answer. I do not intend to answer those questions, because — Mr J.R. Quigley : You’re not accountable and you won’t hold the police accountable, and you’re not accountable to this Parliament. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — the CCC is conducting an inquiry into the area that the member is asking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
(1)–(3) I have a very quick answer. I do not intend to answer those questions, because — Mr J.R. Quigley : You’re not accountable and you won’t hold the police accountable, and you’re not accountable to this Parliament. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — the CCC is conducting an inquiry into the area that the member is asking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
Mr J.R. Quigley : You’re not accountable and you won’t hold the police accountable, and you’re not accountable to this Parliament. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — the CCC is conducting an inquiry into the area that the member is asking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — the CCC is conducting an inquiry into the area that the member is asking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
(1) Does the minister now concede that the commissioner’s earlier demand that the Corruption and Crime Commission release a report endorsing the adequacy of the original police inquiry into the tasering of Mr Spratt was a premature criticism and demand of the CCC? (2) Does the minister agree that the commissioner’s complaint to the parliamentary inspector that the CCC was improperly refusing to endorse the original police inquiry is a complaint without substance? (3) Does the minister also agree that his public support for the commissioner’s premature demand of the CCC and his support of the commissioner’s complaint to the parliamentary inspector is, on this occasion, ill-founded? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: (1)–(3) I have a very quick answer. I do not intend to answer those questions, because — Mr J.R. Quigley : You’re not accountable and you won’t hold the police accountable, and you’re not accountable to this Parliament. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — the CCC is conducting an inquiry into the area that the member is asking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
(2) Does the minister agree that the commissioner’s complaint to the parliamentary inspector that the CCC was improperly refusing to endorse the original police inquiry is a complaint without substance? (3) Does the minister also agree that his public support for the commissioner’s premature demand of the CCC and his support of the commissioner’s complaint to the parliamentary inspector is, on this occasion, ill-founded? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: (1)–(3) I have a very quick answer. I do not intend to answer those questions, because — Mr J.R. Quigley : You’re not accountable and you won’t hold the police accountable, and you’re not accountable to this Parliament. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — the CCC is conducting an inquiry into the area that the member is asking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
(3) Does the minister also agree that his public support for the commissioner’s premature demand of the CCC and his support of the commissioner’s complaint to the parliamentary inspector is, on this occasion, ill-founded? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: (1)–(3) I have a very quick answer. I do not intend to answer those questions, because — Mr J.R. Quigley : You’re not accountable and you won’t hold the police accountable, and you’re not accountable to this Parliament. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — the CCC is conducting an inquiry into the area that the member is asking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: (1)–(3) I have a very quick answer. I do not intend to answer those questions, because — Mr J.R. Quigley : You’re not accountable and you won’t hold the police accountable, and you’re not accountable to this Parliament. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — the CCC is conducting an inquiry into the area that the member is asking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
(1)–(3) I have a very quick answer. I do not intend to answer those questions, because — Mr J.R. Quigley : You’re not accountable and you won’t hold the police accountable, and you’re not accountable to this Parliament. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — the CCC is conducting an inquiry into the area that the member is asking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
Mr J.R. Quigley : You’re not accountable and you won’t hold the police accountable, and you’re not accountable to this Parliament. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — the CCC is conducting an inquiry into the area that the member is asking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : — the CCC is conducting an inquiry into the area that the member is asking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
Mr J.R. Quigley : They’re not inquiring into this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : But do I support our police? Yes, I support our police. Does the member for Mindarie support our police? No. He has called them “crooks” time and time again, and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If he is going to be the Leader of the Labor Party, God help the people of Western Australia—that is all I say!
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