❓ Question on Notice regarding the Attorney General's consideration of parole for multiple murderers following the Sentence Administration Amendment (Multiple Murderers) Act 2018. The Attorney General clarifies the meaning of 'formal submission' and provides dates and considerations for the cases of Douglas John Edward Crabbe, David Masters and James Alexander Tilbury.
AnsweredQoN 107Legislative Council
Asked
21 February 2019
Member
Portfolio
Leader of the House representing the Attorney General
QuestionView source ↗
MULTIPLE MURDERERS —
PAROLE
107. Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN to the Leader of the House
representing the Attorney General:
I refer to the Attorney General's
answers to my questions regarding the operation of the Sentence Administration
Amendment (Multiple Murderers) Act 2018.
(1) To enable the
house to understand his answers to questions, what does the Attorney General
mean by a ''formal submission'' when he claims that he has not
received any ''formal submissions of this nature''?
(2) On what date
did the Attorney General begin to consider each of the cases of Douglas John
Edward Crabbe, David Masters and James Alexander Tilbury?
(3) Which of the
three cases did the Attorney General begin to consider before, and which were
on or after 14 February 2019?
(4) What material
has the Attorney General requested in order to be able to consider each of
these cases, when did he request it and from whom?
(5) What
considerations additional to those stated in the act will the Attorney General
apply in deciding whether to suspend their parole?
(6) Has the
Attorney General received submissions—formal, informal or otherwise—urging
him to suspend parole in any of these cases, or not to suspend parole; if so,
when, from whom and for which case; and what has been his response?
PAROLE
107. Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN to the Leader of the House
representing the Attorney General:
I refer to the Attorney General's
answers to my questions regarding the operation of the Sentence Administration
Amendment (Multiple Murderers) Act 2018.
(1) To enable the
house to understand his answers to questions, what does the Attorney General
mean by a ''formal submission'' when he claims that he has not
received any ''formal submissions of this nature''?
(2) On what date
did the Attorney General begin to consider each of the cases of Douglas John
Edward Crabbe, David Masters and James Alexander Tilbury?
(3) Which of the
three cases did the Attorney General begin to consider before, and which were
on or after 14 February 2019?
(4) What material
has the Attorney General requested in order to be able to consider each of
these cases, when did he request it and from whom?
(5) What
considerations additional to those stated in the act will the Attorney General
apply in deciding whether to suspend their parole?
(6) Has the
Attorney General received submissions—formal, informal or otherwise—urging
him to suspend parole in any of these cases, or not to suspend parole; if so,
when, from whom and for which case; and what has been his response?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question. I provide the following response on behalf of the Leader of the
House; the answer has been provided by the Attorney General's office.
(1) The Attorney
General was differentiating between submissions and letters received from
members of the public.
(2) Shortly following passage of the
bill.
(3) All of them.
(4) The most recent statutory
reports, requested from the Prisoners Review Board on 5 December 2019.
(5) The gravity
and seriousness of the prisoners' offending and the likely
traumatisation of the family of the victims, were the operation of sections 12A(2)
and 13(4) and (5) of the act not suspended in accordance with this direction.
(6) No.
of the question. I provide the following response on behalf of the Leader of the
House; the answer has been provided by the Attorney General's office.
(1) The Attorney
General was differentiating between submissions and letters received from
members of the public.
(2) Shortly following passage of the
bill.
(3) All of them.
(4) The most recent statutory
reports, requested from the Prisoners Review Board on 5 December 2019.
(5) The gravity
and seriousness of the prisoners' offending and the likely
traumatisation of the family of the victims, were the operation of sections 12A(2)
and 13(4) and (5) of the act not suspended in accordance with this direction.
(6) No.
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