❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the employment of a journalist who received information from the Attorney General, and whether the Attorney General influenced their subsequent employment. The Leader of the House refused to answer, citing privacy concerns.
AnsweredQoN 1390Legislative Council
Asked
21 November 2019
Member
Portfolio
Leader of the House representing the Attorney General
QuestionView source ↗
STANDING COMMITTEE ON
PROCEDURE AND PRIVILEGES — FIFTY-SIXTH REPORT —LEGAL ADVICE
1390. Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN to the Leader of the House
representing the Attorney General:
I
refer to my several questions to the Attorney General concerning the letter
from the Clerk of the Legislative Council to the State Solicitor dated
28 August 2019, which the Attorney General finally admitted to showing to a reporter
from The West Australian .
(1) Has that
reporter, to the Attorney General's knowledge, since been taken onto
the staff of a ministerial office or government department?
(2) If yes to
(1), which and when?
(3) Did the
Attorney General or his chief of staff speak to anyone in support of that
employment; and, if so, to whom, when and what was said?
Before the leader feels inclined to
declare, once again, the love that dare not speak its name, I have an enormous
regard for her, but my heart belongs to another!
PROCEDURE AND PRIVILEGES — FIFTY-SIXTH REPORT —LEGAL ADVICE
1390. Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN to the Leader of the House
representing the Attorney General:
I
refer to my several questions to the Attorney General concerning the letter
from the Clerk of the Legislative Council to the State Solicitor dated
28 August 2019, which the Attorney General finally admitted to showing to a reporter
from The West Australian .
(1) Has that
reporter, to the Attorney General's knowledge, since been taken onto
the staff of a ministerial office or government department?
(2) If yes to
(1), which and when?
(3) Did the
Attorney General or his chief of staff speak to anyone in support of that
employment; and, if so, to whom, when and what was said?
Before the leader feels inclined to
declare, once again, the love that dare not speak its name, I have an enormous
regard for her, but my heart belongs to another!
AnswerView source ↗
But it leaves an opening. What if
the member's heart no longer belongs to another?
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(3) These questions
require me to identify the reporter.
Several members interjected.
The
PRESIDENT : Members, the Leader of
the House is trying to provide the answer to the question you have put.
Hon SUE ELLERY : These
questions require me to identify the reporter. The member has previously asked
me to identify the reporter in Legislative Council question without notice
1147, and I refer him to the answer to that question, given on 16 October 2019.
If the member has any evidence of improper influence being exerted in the
appointment of any public officer, he is encouraged to take it to the proper
authorities.
the member's heart no longer belongs to another?
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(3) These questions
require me to identify the reporter.
Several members interjected.
The
PRESIDENT : Members, the Leader of
the House is trying to provide the answer to the question you have put.
Hon SUE ELLERY : These
questions require me to identify the reporter. The member has previously asked
me to identify the reporter in Legislative Council question without notice
1147, and I refer him to the answer to that question, given on 16 October 2019.
If the member has any evidence of improper influence being exerted in the
appointment of any public officer, he is encouraged to take it to the proper
authorities.
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