❓ Ms. Beard questions the Minister for Police about support for officers dealing with crime and antisocial behaviour in Carnarvon, attributing the issue to failures in Communities and Corrective Services. The Minister deflects, criticising Ms. Beard's previous comments on juvenile detention.
AnsweredQoN 696Legislative Assembly
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CRIME AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR — CARNARVON
696. Ms M. BEARD to the Minister for Police:
I have a supplementary question.
What is the minister putting in place to support his officers who are doing a great
job but are bearing the brunt of criminal and antisocial behaviour due to the
failure of his ministerial colleagues in the Communities and Corrective
Services spaces?
Ms S. Winton interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Wanneroo, we do not need a comment from you on every question.
696. Ms M. BEARD to the Minister for Police:
I have a supplementary question.
What is the minister putting in place to support his officers who are doing a great
job but are bearing the brunt of criminal and antisocial behaviour due to the
failure of his ministerial colleagues in the Communities and Corrective
Services spaces?
Ms S. Winton interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Wanneroo, we do not need a comment from you on every question.
AnswerView source ↗
I am sorry, Madam Speaker, but it is
difficult to identify exactly what the member is wanting of me. She says that
police are doing a good job. I totally agree. If the member has a question
about my portfolio that I might be able to respond to, I would be happy to do
that. But I will take the opportunity to re-read into Hansard her
contribution about juvenile detention in Western Australia that the Minister
for Corrective Services brought to the house's attention only today.
The member said —
A young boy told me a few weeks ago
that juvie is so good—good food, good beds, good Xbox.
I assume that the member was
suggesting that juvenile detention is too soft or too easy. I assume that the
member is saying —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Mr P. PAPALIA : Is the member's
criticism of the Minister for Corrective Services that he is too soft on the juveniles at Banksia Hill Detention Centre? If
that is the case, I do not know; I would question that. The Minister for Corrective Services is doing a difficult job.
I am very familiar with that portfolio, having had it as a shadow portfolio for many years. I will repeat the observation made by the Premier: when members
opposite were in government, they shut Rangeview Remand Centre —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Mr P. PAPALIA : That had the
single biggest negative impact on juvenile justice in the state of Western Australia
in probably the last 50 years. Members opposite shut Rangeview. They consigned
all juvenile detainees to one facility. We have inherited that. I feel sorry
for the minister having to deal with it. He is doing a great job under
difficult circumstances.
The SPEAKER : That concludes
question time.
difficult to identify exactly what the member is wanting of me. She says that
police are doing a good job. I totally agree. If the member has a question
about my portfolio that I might be able to respond to, I would be happy to do
that. But I will take the opportunity to re-read into Hansard her
contribution about juvenile detention in Western Australia that the Minister
for Corrective Services brought to the house's attention only today.
The member said —
A young boy told me a few weeks ago
that juvie is so good—good food, good beds, good Xbox.
I assume that the member was
suggesting that juvenile detention is too soft or too easy. I assume that the
member is saying —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Mr P. PAPALIA : Is the member's
criticism of the Minister for Corrective Services that he is too soft on the juveniles at Banksia Hill Detention Centre? If
that is the case, I do not know; I would question that. The Minister for Corrective Services is doing a difficult job.
I am very familiar with that portfolio, having had it as a shadow portfolio for many years. I will repeat the observation made by the Premier: when members
opposite were in government, they shut Rangeview Remand Centre —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Mr P. PAPALIA : That had the
single biggest negative impact on juvenile justice in the state of Western Australia
in probably the last 50 years. Members opposite shut Rangeview. They consigned
all juvenile detainees to one facility. We have inherited that. I feel sorry
for the minister having to deal with it. He is doing a great job under
difficult circumstances.
The SPEAKER : That concludes
question time.
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