❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice where Mr. Johnson asks the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Mrs. Roberts, if she has read allegations made by Senator Bishop. Mrs. Roberts avoids a direct 'yes' or 'no' answer.
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I ask a supplementary question. Will the minister confirm that she has read those allegations made by Senator Bishop? The SPEAKER: This is a difficult question. The question being put is if the minister has read the allegations as the Minister for Police. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS
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I have said that essentially no allegations of a criminal nature were made by Senator Bishop. Mr R.F. Johnson: Have you read them? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite are asking what I have read in my capacity as party president. It is as plain as the nose on a person’s face that I attended meetings at which discussions about Mr Bishop’s correspondence took place and the correspondence was tabled. Members opposite are forever asking if I have read the allegations. Again, I say that they are mistaken if they think that Senator Bishop made specific or general allegations about anyone’s conduct being criminal.
The SPEAKER: This is a difficult question. The question being put is if the minister has read the allegations as the Minister for Police. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I have said that essentially no allegations of a criminal nature were made by Senator Bishop. Mr R.F. Johnson: Have you read them? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite are asking what I have read in my capacity as party president. It is as plain as the nose on a person’s face that I attended meetings at which discussions about Mr Bishop’s correspondence took place and the correspondence was tabled. Members opposite are forever asking if I have read the allegations. Again, I say that they are mistaken if they think that Senator Bishop made specific or general allegations about anyone’s conduct being criminal.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I have said that essentially no allegations of a criminal nature were made by Senator Bishop. Mr R.F. Johnson: Have you read them? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite are asking what I have read in my capacity as party president. It is as plain as the nose on a person’s face that I attended meetings at which discussions about Mr Bishop’s correspondence took place and the correspondence was tabled. Members opposite are forever asking if I have read the allegations. Again, I say that they are mistaken if they think that Senator Bishop made specific or general allegations about anyone’s conduct being criminal.
I have said that essentially no allegations of a criminal nature were made by Senator Bishop. Mr R.F. Johnson: Have you read them? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite are asking what I have read in my capacity as party president. It is as plain as the nose on a person’s face that I attended meetings at which discussions about Mr Bishop’s correspondence took place and the correspondence was tabled. Members opposite are forever asking if I have read the allegations. Again, I say that they are mistaken if they think that Senator Bishop made specific or general allegations about anyone’s conduct being criminal.
Mr R.F. Johnson: Have you read them? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite are asking what I have read in my capacity as party president. It is as plain as the nose on a person’s face that I attended meetings at which discussions about Mr Bishop’s correspondence took place and the correspondence was tabled. Members opposite are forever asking if I have read the allegations. Again, I say that they are mistaken if they think that Senator Bishop made specific or general allegations about anyone’s conduct being criminal.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite are asking what I have read in my capacity as party president. It is as plain as the nose on a person’s face that I attended meetings at which discussions about Mr Bishop’s correspondence took place and the correspondence was tabled. Members opposite are forever asking if I have read the allegations. Again, I say that they are mistaken if they think that Senator Bishop made specific or general allegations about anyone’s conduct being criminal.
The SPEAKER: This is a difficult question. The question being put is if the minister has read the allegations as the Minister for Police. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I have said that essentially no allegations of a criminal nature were made by Senator Bishop. Mr R.F. Johnson: Have you read them? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite are asking what I have read in my capacity as party president. It is as plain as the nose on a person’s face that I attended meetings at which discussions about Mr Bishop’s correspondence took place and the correspondence was tabled. Members opposite are forever asking if I have read the allegations. Again, I say that they are mistaken if they think that Senator Bishop made specific or general allegations about anyone’s conduct being criminal.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I have said that essentially no allegations of a criminal nature were made by Senator Bishop. Mr R.F. Johnson: Have you read them? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite are asking what I have read in my capacity as party president. It is as plain as the nose on a person’s face that I attended meetings at which discussions about Mr Bishop’s correspondence took place and the correspondence was tabled. Members opposite are forever asking if I have read the allegations. Again, I say that they are mistaken if they think that Senator Bishop made specific or general allegations about anyone’s conduct being criminal.
I have said that essentially no allegations of a criminal nature were made by Senator Bishop. Mr R.F. Johnson: Have you read them? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite are asking what I have read in my capacity as party president. It is as plain as the nose on a person’s face that I attended meetings at which discussions about Mr Bishop’s correspondence took place and the correspondence was tabled. Members opposite are forever asking if I have read the allegations. Again, I say that they are mistaken if they think that Senator Bishop made specific or general allegations about anyone’s conduct being criminal.
Mr R.F. Johnson: Have you read them? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite are asking what I have read in my capacity as party president. It is as plain as the nose on a person’s face that I attended meetings at which discussions about Mr Bishop’s correspondence took place and the correspondence was tabled. Members opposite are forever asking if I have read the allegations. Again, I say that they are mistaken if they think that Senator Bishop made specific or general allegations about anyone’s conduct being criminal.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite are asking what I have read in my capacity as party president. It is as plain as the nose on a person’s face that I attended meetings at which discussions about Mr Bishop’s correspondence took place and the correspondence was tabled. Members opposite are forever asking if I have read the allegations. Again, I say that they are mistaken if they think that Senator Bishop made specific or general allegations about anyone’s conduct being criminal.
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