❓ Mr. Kirkup (Opposition) questions the Minister for Corrective Services about a parliamentary inquiry into corruption in prisons, prompted by a CCC report. The Minister refuses, accusing Mr. Kirkup of grandstanding and fabrication.
AnsweredQoN 504Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
CORRECTIVE SERVICES —
CORRUPTION AND CRIME COMMISSION — ''REPORT ON CORRUPT CUSTODIAL
OFFICERS AND THE RISKS OF CONTRABAND ENTERING PRISONS''
504. Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP to the Minister for Corrective
Services:
I have a supplementary question. I thank
the minister for his response. Given the comments by the Corruption and Crime
Commissioner that the issues are widespread and go well beyond Acacia Prison,
why will the minister not agree to a bipartisan parliamentary inquiry into the
culture of corruption and cover-up in our state's prison system?
CORRUPTION AND CRIME COMMISSION — ''REPORT ON CORRUPT CUSTODIAL
OFFICERS AND THE RISKS OF CONTRABAND ENTERING PRISONS''
504. Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP to the Minister for Corrective
Services:
I have a supplementary question. I thank
the minister for his response. Given the comments by the Corruption and Crime
Commissioner that the issues are widespread and go well beyond Acacia Prison,
why will the minister not agree to a bipartisan parliamentary inquiry into the
culture of corruption and cover-up in our state's prison system?
AnswerView source ↗
The reason I will not agree to it is
that the member for Dawesville will just use it for the purpose of
grandstanding; that is all he does.
Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Dawesville!
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for
Dawesville will just use it to grandstand. He walked into this house only
yesterday and continues to make things up about the Telstra outage, which was dealt
with, and now makes things up about the CCC report into the officer at Karnet
Prison Farm. He simply made it up; he fabricated things. How can we possibly
trust this matter—a very serious matter—being put to a committee
that the is member is on, which he would simply use to grandstand? The answer
is no.
The SPEAKER : That is the end
of question time.
that the member for Dawesville will just use it for the purpose of
grandstanding; that is all he does.
Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Dawesville!
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for
Dawesville will just use it to grandstand. He walked into this house only
yesterday and continues to make things up about the Telstra outage, which was dealt
with, and now makes things up about the CCC report into the officer at Karnet
Prison Farm. He simply made it up; he fabricated things. How can we possibly
trust this matter—a very serious matter—being put to a committee
that the is member is on, which he would simply use to grandstand? The answer
is no.
The SPEAKER : That is the end
of question time.
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