❓ Question addresses violent crime in WA, particularly in Northbridge. Minister responds by highlighting government efforts, criticising the opposition's lack of support for stop-and-search laws, and defending the proposed legislation.
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ANTISOCIAL AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR — GOVERNMENT RESPONSE
Despite the positive figures showing a cut in the overall crime rate, incidents on the weekend show that violent crime is still very much an issue in our city. Will the minister please advise the house what steps the government is taking in an attempt to eradicate this antisocial and criminal behaviour? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
Despite the positive figures showing a cut in the overall crime rate, incidents on the weekend show that violent crime is still very much an issue in our city. Will the minister please advise the house what steps the government is taking in an attempt to eradicate this antisocial and criminal behaviour? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
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I thank the member for the question and for his genuine interest in law and order issues, particularly in and around his electorate. The house heard last week that there has been a reduction of almost 13 per cent in reported offences over the past 12 months, which obviously we are very pleased about. However, what we are not pleased about and what we are not prepared to accept are the sorts of levels of violence that we experienced in and around Northbridge over the weekend. What we saw was not only antisocial behaviour, but violent behaviour that ended up in one person losing his life. I will not go into the details of that incident because I do not want to breach the sub judice rules. The question asked me what the government was doing to try to curb these horrific violent attempts. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The government is doing a lot. The government is doing as much as it possibly can, even in the absence of support from the opposition. The opposition opposes us at every step of the way when we try to bring in tough laws to deal with these violent criminals. I urge members opposite to support the government’s stop-and-search laws. I do that for two reasons. One is because we want to stop these people carrying and using these weapons — Mr E.S. Ripper : Your own members won’t let it out of the committee. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I urge members opposite to support us because we want to stop people using weapons that result in people losing their lives because of violent attacks. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I thank the member for the question and for his genuine interest in law and order issues, particularly in and around his electorate. The house heard last week that there has been a reduction of almost 13 per cent in reported offences over the past 12 months, which obviously we are very pleased about. However, what we are not pleased about and what we are not prepared to accept are the sorts of levels of violence that we experienced in and around Northbridge over the weekend. What we saw was not only antisocial behaviour, but violent behaviour that ended up in one person losing his life. I will not go into the details of that incident because I do not want to breach the sub judice rules. The question asked me what the government was doing to try to curb these horrific violent attempts. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The government is doing a lot. The government is doing as much as it possibly can, even in the absence of support from the opposition. The opposition opposes us at every step of the way when we try to bring in tough laws to deal with these violent criminals. I urge members opposite to support the government’s stop-and-search laws. I do that for two reasons. One is because we want to stop these people carrying and using these weapons — Mr E.S. Ripper : Your own members won’t let it out of the committee. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I urge members opposite to support us because we want to stop people using weapons that result in people losing their lives because of violent attacks. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
I thank the member for the question and for his genuine interest in law and order issues, particularly in and around his electorate. The house heard last week that there has been a reduction of almost 13 per cent in reported offences over the past 12 months, which obviously we are very pleased about. However, what we are not pleased about and what we are not prepared to accept are the sorts of levels of violence that we experienced in and around Northbridge over the weekend. What we saw was not only antisocial behaviour, but violent behaviour that ended up in one person losing his life. I will not go into the details of that incident because I do not want to breach the sub judice rules. The question asked me what the government was doing to try to curb these horrific violent attempts. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The government is doing a lot. The government is doing as much as it possibly can, even in the absence of support from the opposition. The opposition opposes us at every step of the way when we try to bring in tough laws to deal with these violent criminals. I urge members opposite to support the government’s stop-and-search laws. I do that for two reasons. One is because we want to stop these people carrying and using these weapons — Mr E.S. Ripper : Your own members won’t let it out of the committee. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I urge members opposite to support us because we want to stop people using weapons that result in people losing their lives because of violent attacks. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
The house heard last week that there has been a reduction of almost 13 per cent in reported offences over the past 12 months, which obviously we are very pleased about. However, what we are not pleased about and what we are not prepared to accept are the sorts of levels of violence that we experienced in and around Northbridge over the weekend. What we saw was not only antisocial behaviour, but violent behaviour that ended up in one person losing his life. I will not go into the details of that incident because I do not want to breach the sub judice rules. The question asked me what the government was doing to try to curb these horrific violent attempts. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The government is doing a lot. The government is doing as much as it possibly can, even in the absence of support from the opposition. The opposition opposes us at every step of the way when we try to bring in tough laws to deal with these violent criminals. I urge members opposite to support the government’s stop-and-search laws. I do that for two reasons. One is because we want to stop these people carrying and using these weapons — Mr E.S. Ripper : Your own members won’t let it out of the committee. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I urge members opposite to support us because we want to stop people using weapons that result in people losing their lives because of violent attacks. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The government is doing a lot. The government is doing as much as it possibly can, even in the absence of support from the opposition. The opposition opposes us at every step of the way when we try to bring in tough laws to deal with these violent criminals. I urge members opposite to support the government’s stop-and-search laws. I do that for two reasons. One is because we want to stop these people carrying and using these weapons — Mr E.S. Ripper : Your own members won’t let it out of the committee. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I urge members opposite to support us because we want to stop people using weapons that result in people losing their lives because of violent attacks. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The government is doing a lot. The government is doing as much as it possibly can, even in the absence of support from the opposition. The opposition opposes us at every step of the way when we try to bring in tough laws to deal with these violent criminals. I urge members opposite to support the government’s stop-and-search laws. I do that for two reasons. One is because we want to stop these people carrying and using these weapons — Mr E.S. Ripper : Your own members won’t let it out of the committee. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I urge members opposite to support us because we want to stop people using weapons that result in people losing their lives because of violent attacks. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Your own members won’t let it out of the committee. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I urge members opposite to support us because we want to stop people using weapons that result in people losing their lives because of violent attacks. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I urge members opposite to support us because we want to stop people using weapons that result in people losing their lives because of violent attacks. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I urge members opposite to support us because we want to stop people using weapons that result in people losing their lives because of violent attacks. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I thank the member for the question and for his genuine interest in law and order issues, particularly in and around his electorate. The house heard last week that there has been a reduction of almost 13 per cent in reported offences over the past 12 months, which obviously we are very pleased about. However, what we are not pleased about and what we are not prepared to accept are the sorts of levels of violence that we experienced in and around Northbridge over the weekend. What we saw was not only antisocial behaviour, but violent behaviour that ended up in one person losing his life. I will not go into the details of that incident because I do not want to breach the sub judice rules. The question asked me what the government was doing to try to curb these horrific violent attempts. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The government is doing a lot. The government is doing as much as it possibly can, even in the absence of support from the opposition. The opposition opposes us at every step of the way when we try to bring in tough laws to deal with these violent criminals. I urge members opposite to support the government’s stop-and-search laws. I do that for two reasons. One is because we want to stop these people carrying and using these weapons — Mr E.S. Ripper : Your own members won’t let it out of the committee. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I urge members opposite to support us because we want to stop people using weapons that result in people losing their lives because of violent attacks. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
I thank the member for the question and for his genuine interest in law and order issues, particularly in and around his electorate. The house heard last week that there has been a reduction of almost 13 per cent in reported offences over the past 12 months, which obviously we are very pleased about. However, what we are not pleased about and what we are not prepared to accept are the sorts of levels of violence that we experienced in and around Northbridge over the weekend. What we saw was not only antisocial behaviour, but violent behaviour that ended up in one person losing his life. I will not go into the details of that incident because I do not want to breach the sub judice rules. The question asked me what the government was doing to try to curb these horrific violent attempts. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The government is doing a lot. The government is doing as much as it possibly can, even in the absence of support from the opposition. The opposition opposes us at every step of the way when we try to bring in tough laws to deal with these violent criminals. I urge members opposite to support the government’s stop-and-search laws. I do that for two reasons. One is because we want to stop these people carrying and using these weapons — Mr E.S. Ripper : Your own members won’t let it out of the committee. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I urge members opposite to support us because we want to stop people using weapons that result in people losing their lives because of violent attacks. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
The house heard last week that there has been a reduction of almost 13 per cent in reported offences over the past 12 months, which obviously we are very pleased about. However, what we are not pleased about and what we are not prepared to accept are the sorts of levels of violence that we experienced in and around Northbridge over the weekend. What we saw was not only antisocial behaviour, but violent behaviour that ended up in one person losing his life. I will not go into the details of that incident because I do not want to breach the sub judice rules. The question asked me what the government was doing to try to curb these horrific violent attempts. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The government is doing a lot. The government is doing as much as it possibly can, even in the absence of support from the opposition. The opposition opposes us at every step of the way when we try to bring in tough laws to deal with these violent criminals. I urge members opposite to support the government’s stop-and-search laws. I do that for two reasons. One is because we want to stop these people carrying and using these weapons — Mr E.S. Ripper : Your own members won’t let it out of the committee. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I urge members opposite to support us because we want to stop people using weapons that result in people losing their lives because of violent attacks. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The government is doing a lot. The government is doing as much as it possibly can, even in the absence of support from the opposition. The opposition opposes us at every step of the way when we try to bring in tough laws to deal with these violent criminals. I urge members opposite to support the government’s stop-and-search laws. I do that for two reasons. One is because we want to stop these people carrying and using these weapons — Mr E.S. Ripper : Your own members won’t let it out of the committee. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I urge members opposite to support us because we want to stop people using weapons that result in people losing their lives because of violent attacks. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The government is doing a lot. The government is doing as much as it possibly can, even in the absence of support from the opposition. The opposition opposes us at every step of the way when we try to bring in tough laws to deal with these violent criminals. I urge members opposite to support the government’s stop-and-search laws. I do that for two reasons. One is because we want to stop these people carrying and using these weapons — Mr E.S. Ripper : Your own members won’t let it out of the committee. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I urge members opposite to support us because we want to stop people using weapons that result in people losing their lives because of violent attacks. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Your own members won’t let it out of the committee. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I urge members opposite to support us because we want to stop people using weapons that result in people losing their lives because of violent attacks. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I urge members opposite to support us because we want to stop people using weapons that result in people losing their lives because of violent attacks. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I urge members opposite to support us because we want to stop people using weapons that result in people losing their lives because of violent attacks. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will come to the United Kingdom in a second; okay? Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr P.B. Watson : Will you stay there? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; I love Western Australia and I want to live here forever. This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
This is a very serious issue; we are talking about people’s lives and about people being critically injured by thugs in our society. We on this side of the house are not prepared to accept that, and we will do everything we can to curb those violent attacks. One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
One of the benefits of the stop-and-search laws are that they will not only catch people carrying weapons, but also act as a tremendous deterrent to those people who think they can walk around Northbridge, or any other area, carrying a knife, a gun or whatever other weapon they can — Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We know you are soft on crime, sunshine! We will hear all about that later. Point of Order Mr J.R. QUIGLEY : I know that the minister regards this glow that comes from my head as sunshine, but by the same token I should not be called that in this chamber. The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
The SPEAKER : There is no point of order. Continue, minister. Debate Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I reiterate — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, there are complaints from the opposition that answers go for too long in this house. I have to say the reason is that there are too many interjections. If members just keep quiet, I will wind up my comments very quickly. I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
I reiterate that we need the opposition’s support—of course we do—to ensure that the stop-and-search legislation goes through both houses of Parliament so that we can protect the community of Western Australia. The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
The member for Girrawheen interjected. I do not normally take interjections from the member for Girrawheen. She mentioned the UK laws on stop-and-search. Let me just give her a bit of advice: the UK laws on stop-and-search were predominantly brought in as anti-terrorism legislation. Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Ms M.M. Quirk : I am aware of that, minister. I’ve read them. Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Does the member know — Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Ms M.M. Quirk : Have you read them? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Yes. Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Ms M.M. Quirk : What sections? The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is like a broken record. The difference between the UK laws and ours is that — Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Ms M.M. Quirk : I’ll get you a copy; there’s some pictures in them. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member does not want to hear any more comments and I will sit down, but let me just say — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I know I am a thorn in the opposition’s side. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Some members want more questions asked during question time; I am one of them. I would like to hear more questions asked in this place. The way the process goes, those questions from both sides of this house do not get asked. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will conclude. I will not even bother to give the member for Girrawheen the benefit of the knowledge I have on the UK laws, which is quite considerable. I can assure her that the designated area in the United Kingdom is a huge area and the designated time is any time, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
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