❓ Ms. Walker questions the Attorney General's decision to task the Member for Innaloo with overseeing a bill he previously opposed. The Attorney General acknowledges the prior opposition but claims the Member now supports the bill.
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I refer the minister to his unprecedented move in making the member for Innaloo, the man he described as “arguably the most knowledgeable person on the question of criminal law procedure in Western Australia”, responsible for the passage of the Criminal Law (Procedure) Amendment Bill 2002, which allows for the abolition of all preliminary hearings in Western Australia. (1) Is the Attorney General aware that the member for Innaloo wrote a letter on 23 August 2001 to the Presidents of the Western Australian Criminal Lawyers Association, the Law Society of WA and the Western Australian Bar Association that in part states - . . . the total abolition of Preliminary Hearings concerns me greatly. . . . . . . I have been urging the Attorney General to consider preserving the Preliminary Hearing in part. (2) Why was the member for Innaloo, who does not support the essence of this legislation and who is not a parliamentary secretary or a minister, charged with overseeing the passage of the legislation? Mr McGINTY
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(1)-(2) In the interests of brevity, yes I am aware of that. The member for Innaloo has become a great advocate for this Bill. Now that he has seen the text of it, he wholeheartedly supports it.
(1) Is the Attorney General aware that the member for Innaloo wrote a letter on 23 August 2001 to the Presidents of the Western Australian Criminal Lawyers Association, the Law Society of WA and the Western Australian Bar Association that in part states - . . . the total abolition of Preliminary Hearings concerns me greatly. . . . . . . I have been urging the Attorney General to consider preserving the Preliminary Hearing in part. (2) Why was the member for Innaloo, who does not support the essence of this legislation and who is not a parliamentary secretary or a minister, charged with overseeing the passage of the legislation? Mr McGINTY replied: (1)-(2) In the interests of brevity, yes I am aware of that. The member for Innaloo has become a great advocate for this Bill. Now that he has seen the text of it, he wholeheartedly supports it.
. . . . . . I have been urging the Attorney General to consider preserving the Preliminary Hearing in part.
. . . I have been urging the Attorney General to consider preserving the Preliminary Hearing in part.
Mr McGINTY replied: (1)-(2) In the interests of brevity, yes I am aware of that. The member for Innaloo has become a great advocate for this Bill. Now that he has seen the text of it, he wholeheartedly supports it.
(1)-(2) In the interests of brevity, yes I am aware of that. The member for Innaloo has become a great advocate for this Bill. Now that he has seen the text of it, he wholeheartedly supports it.
(1) Is the Attorney General aware that the member for Innaloo wrote a letter on 23 August 2001 to the Presidents of the Western Australian Criminal Lawyers Association, the Law Society of WA and the Western Australian Bar Association that in part states - . . . the total abolition of Preliminary Hearings concerns me greatly. . . . . . . I have been urging the Attorney General to consider preserving the Preliminary Hearing in part. (2) Why was the member for Innaloo, who does not support the essence of this legislation and who is not a parliamentary secretary or a minister, charged with overseeing the passage of the legislation? Mr McGINTY replied: (1)-(2) In the interests of brevity, yes I am aware of that. The member for Innaloo has become a great advocate for this Bill. Now that he has seen the text of it, he wholeheartedly supports it.
. . . . . . I have been urging the Attorney General to consider preserving the Preliminary Hearing in part.
. . . I have been urging the Attorney General to consider preserving the Preliminary Hearing in part.
Mr McGINTY replied: (1)-(2) In the interests of brevity, yes I am aware of that. The member for Innaloo has become a great advocate for this Bill. Now that he has seen the text of it, he wholeheartedly supports it.
(1)-(2) In the interests of brevity, yes I am aware of that. The member for Innaloo has become a great advocate for this Bill. Now that he has seen the text of it, he wholeheartedly supports it.
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