❓ Ms Walker questions the Attorney General's decision to reappoint Magistrate Bloemen, prompting a defense of Bloemen's innovative approach to Aboriginal justice in the Kimberley region. The Attorney General defends the reappointment, highlighting Bloemen's unique approach to addressing underlying issues of Aboriginal offending.
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MAGISTRATE BLOEMEN - KIMBERLEY REGION COURT HEARINGS
I have a supplementary question. Attorney General - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call the members for Bassendean, Swan Hills and Victoria Park to order. Ms S.E. WALKER : Does the Attorney General now think that his decision to reappoint Magistrate Bloemen was a mistake? Mr J.A. McGINTY
I have a supplementary question. Attorney General - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call the members for Bassendean, Swan Hills and Victoria Park to order. Ms S.E. WALKER : Does the Attorney General now think that his decision to reappoint Magistrate Bloemen was a mistake? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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Magistrate Bloemen is an innovative person who deals with matters affecting Aboriginal justice in a way that is designed to look at some of the underlying problems of offending and in a way that other judicial officers in this state have not been prepared to do. Some of his activities are legendary. Given the Kimberley’s crime problems, a magistrate who is prepared to try something different to divert young Aboriginal offenders from a life of crime should be applauded by this house.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call the members for Bassendean, Swan Hills and Victoria Park to order. Ms S.E. WALKER : Does the Attorney General now think that his decision to reappoint Magistrate Bloemen was a mistake? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: Magistrate Bloemen is an innovative person who deals with matters affecting Aboriginal justice in a way that is designed to look at some of the underlying problems of offending and in a way that other judicial officers in this state have not been prepared to do. Some of his activities are legendary. Given the Kimberley’s crime problems, a magistrate who is prepared to try something different to divert young Aboriginal offenders from a life of crime should be applauded by this house.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call the members for Bassendean, Swan Hills and Victoria Park to order. Ms S.E. WALKER : Does the Attorney General now think that his decision to reappoint Magistrate Bloemen was a mistake? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: Magistrate Bloemen is an innovative person who deals with matters affecting Aboriginal justice in a way that is designed to look at some of the underlying problems of offending and in a way that other judicial officers in this state have not been prepared to do. Some of his activities are legendary. Given the Kimberley’s crime problems, a magistrate who is prepared to try something different to divert young Aboriginal offenders from a life of crime should be applauded by this house.
Ms S.E. WALKER : Does the Attorney General now think that his decision to reappoint Magistrate Bloemen was a mistake? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: Magistrate Bloemen is an innovative person who deals with matters affecting Aboriginal justice in a way that is designed to look at some of the underlying problems of offending and in a way that other judicial officers in this state have not been prepared to do. Some of his activities are legendary. Given the Kimberley’s crime problems, a magistrate who is prepared to try something different to divert young Aboriginal offenders from a life of crime should be applauded by this house.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: Magistrate Bloemen is an innovative person who deals with matters affecting Aboriginal justice in a way that is designed to look at some of the underlying problems of offending and in a way that other judicial officers in this state have not been prepared to do. Some of his activities are legendary. Given the Kimberley’s crime problems, a magistrate who is prepared to try something different to divert young Aboriginal offenders from a life of crime should be applauded by this house.
Magistrate Bloemen is an innovative person who deals with matters affecting Aboriginal justice in a way that is designed to look at some of the underlying problems of offending and in a way that other judicial officers in this state have not been prepared to do. Some of his activities are legendary. Given the Kimberley’s crime problems, a magistrate who is prepared to try something different to divert young Aboriginal offenders from a life of crime should be applauded by this house.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call the members for Bassendean, Swan Hills and Victoria Park to order. Ms S.E. WALKER : Does the Attorney General now think that his decision to reappoint Magistrate Bloemen was a mistake? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: Magistrate Bloemen is an innovative person who deals with matters affecting Aboriginal justice in a way that is designed to look at some of the underlying problems of offending and in a way that other judicial officers in this state have not been prepared to do. Some of his activities are legendary. Given the Kimberley’s crime problems, a magistrate who is prepared to try something different to divert young Aboriginal offenders from a life of crime should be applauded by this house.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call the members for Bassendean, Swan Hills and Victoria Park to order. Ms S.E. WALKER : Does the Attorney General now think that his decision to reappoint Magistrate Bloemen was a mistake? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: Magistrate Bloemen is an innovative person who deals with matters affecting Aboriginal justice in a way that is designed to look at some of the underlying problems of offending and in a way that other judicial officers in this state have not been prepared to do. Some of his activities are legendary. Given the Kimberley’s crime problems, a magistrate who is prepared to try something different to divert young Aboriginal offenders from a life of crime should be applauded by this house.
Ms S.E. WALKER : Does the Attorney General now think that his decision to reappoint Magistrate Bloemen was a mistake? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: Magistrate Bloemen is an innovative person who deals with matters affecting Aboriginal justice in a way that is designed to look at some of the underlying problems of offending and in a way that other judicial officers in this state have not been prepared to do. Some of his activities are legendary. Given the Kimberley’s crime problems, a magistrate who is prepared to try something different to divert young Aboriginal offenders from a life of crime should be applauded by this house.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: Magistrate Bloemen is an innovative person who deals with matters affecting Aboriginal justice in a way that is designed to look at some of the underlying problems of offending and in a way that other judicial officers in this state have not been prepared to do. Some of his activities are legendary. Given the Kimberley’s crime problems, a magistrate who is prepared to try something different to divert young Aboriginal offenders from a life of crime should be applauded by this house.
Magistrate Bloemen is an innovative person who deals with matters affecting Aboriginal justice in a way that is designed to look at some of the underlying problems of offending and in a way that other judicial officers in this state have not been prepared to do. Some of his activities are legendary. Given the Kimberley’s crime problems, a magistrate who is prepared to try something different to divert young Aboriginal offenders from a life of crime should be applauded by this house.
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