❓ Ms Davies questions the Premier about discrepancies regarding notes taken during a meeting about Banksia Hill Detention Centre, specifically concerning Professor Stanley's comments. The Premier defends his record of the meeting and refutes claims made by Professor Stanley.
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BANKSIA HILL DETENTION CENTRE — PREMIER'S
MEETING —PROFESSOR FIONA STANLEY'S COMMENTS
800. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I
refer to the Minister for Corrective Services' answer to my question
yesterday in question time when he said he was taking legal advice on
how to respond to comments by Professor Fiona Stanley and the clearly different
recollections of the Premier, the minister and other participants at the
meeting. Can the Premier explain why the Commissioner for Children and Young
People said that the Premier had taken 21 pages of notes during the meeting but he advised in an answer to the Legislative
Council that no transcript, minutes or audio of the meeting were taken?
MEETING —PROFESSOR FIONA STANLEY'S COMMENTS
800. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I
refer to the Minister for Corrective Services' answer to my question
yesterday in question time when he said he was taking legal advice on
how to respond to comments by Professor Fiona Stanley and the clearly different
recollections of the Premier, the minister and other participants at the
meeting. Can the Premier explain why the Commissioner for Children and Young
People said that the Premier had taken 21 pages of notes during the meeting but he advised in an answer to the Legislative
Council that no transcript, minutes or audio of the meeting were taken?
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What I said was entirely true. Can the
Leader of the Opposition tell the difference between the answer to the question
in the upper house and what I said yesterday? I took 23 pages of notes. They
were not minutes, it was not a transcript and it was not audio. I answered the
question from the upper house truthfully. I do not know what else the Leader of
the Opposition is after.
I want to repeat two things that I said
yesterday. Firstly, the column that I saw in The West Australian yesterday by Professor Stanley said that the minister was advocating against
Aboriginal people getting employed. That is totally untrue. The minister
advocated for Aboriginal people being employed, particularly at Banksia Hill.
That is what he said in the meeting. He was absolutely clear on that point.
Secondly, the only person who said there needed to be a further inquiry was
Daniel Morrison. At least four or five other invitees said they did not want
any further inquiries. One of those who said they did not want a further
inquiry was Professor Fiona Stanley. She said she did not want a further
inquiry. That is what she said at the meeting. Everyone heard it. It was
written clearly in my notes of the meeting. I do not understand why people are
now saying something completely contrary publicly to what they said in the
meeting.
Leader of the Opposition tell the difference between the answer to the question
in the upper house and what I said yesterday? I took 23 pages of notes. They
were not minutes, it was not a transcript and it was not audio. I answered the
question from the upper house truthfully. I do not know what else the Leader of
the Opposition is after.
I want to repeat two things that I said
yesterday. Firstly, the column that I saw in The West Australian yesterday by Professor Stanley said that the minister was advocating against
Aboriginal people getting employed. That is totally untrue. The minister
advocated for Aboriginal people being employed, particularly at Banksia Hill.
That is what he said in the meeting. He was absolutely clear on that point.
Secondly, the only person who said there needed to be a further inquiry was
Daniel Morrison. At least four or five other invitees said they did not want
any further inquiries. One of those who said they did not want a further
inquiry was Professor Fiona Stanley. She said she did not want a further
inquiry. That is what she said at the meeting. Everyone heard it. It was
written clearly in my notes of the meeting. I do not understand why people are
now saying something completely contrary publicly to what they said in the
meeting.
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