❓ Mr Hort questions the Premier about the number of reoffenders released early due to alleged government mismanagement of prisons. The Premier avoids a direct answer, leading to interruptions and a heated exchange.
AnsweredQoN 734Legislative Assembly
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Corrective Services—Prisons734.Mr Adam Hortto
the Premier:I have a
supplementary question. How many of the 90 criminals have reoffended while on
early release due to the government's mismanagement of prisons?
the Premier:I have a
supplementary question. How many of the 90 criminals have reoffended while on
early release due to the government's mismanagement of prisons?
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Answered
16 December 2025
Response time
0 days
Mr Roger Cook replied:I
do not know where the member got that statistic from and, quite frankly—Mr Adam Hort:How many are there?Mr Roger Cook:It is not untypical or unusual for
those opposite to come into this place and distort, misuse and misrepresent
these arguments for their own—Mr Adam Hortinterjected.The Speaker:Member for Kalamunda—Mr Adam Hortinterjected.The Speaker:Member for Kalamunda—Mr Roger Cook:Just shut up.The Speaker:Member for Kalamunda, you have asked the
question—Mr Lachlan Hunterinterjected.Point of orderMr Liam Staltari:The Premier just asked the member
for Kalamunda to shut up and I ask that he withdraw that statement.Mr Roger Cook:Further to that point of order, I
believe that, at the time, the member was interrupting you in providing a
ruling on the unruly behaviour of the other side.The Speaker:Thank you, Premier. You are both sort of correct.
I did not hear what the Premier said because I was asking the member for
Kalamunda to stop interjecting so that the Premier could respond to the
question.Questions without notice resumedMr Roger Cook:Of course, community safety remains my
government's absolute priority, and that is the reason we continue to invest in
law enforcement in terms of our criminal justice system and our prison system.
Corrective Services—Prisons
do not know where the member got that statistic from and, quite frankly—Mr Adam Hort:How many are there?Mr Roger Cook:It is not untypical or unusual for
those opposite to come into this place and distort, misuse and misrepresent
these arguments for their own—Mr Adam Hortinterjected.The Speaker:Member for Kalamunda—Mr Adam Hortinterjected.The Speaker:Member for Kalamunda—Mr Roger Cook:Just shut up.The Speaker:Member for Kalamunda, you have asked the
question—Mr Lachlan Hunterinterjected.Point of orderMr Liam Staltari:The Premier just asked the member
for Kalamunda to shut up and I ask that he withdraw that statement.Mr Roger Cook:Further to that point of order, I
believe that, at the time, the member was interrupting you in providing a
ruling on the unruly behaviour of the other side.The Speaker:Thank you, Premier. You are both sort of correct.
I did not hear what the Premier said because I was asking the member for
Kalamunda to stop interjecting so that the Premier could respond to the
question.Questions without notice resumedMr Roger Cook:Of course, community safety remains my
government's absolute priority, and that is the reason we continue to invest in
law enforcement in terms of our criminal justice system and our prison system.
Corrective Services—Prisons
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