❓ A parliamentary question regarding briefings received by the Attorney General about Moira Rayner's resignation and differing accounts of events. The Attorney General clarifies the briefings received and actions taken.
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I refer to the Attorney General’s comments that he had not been briefed by the Commissioner of the Corruption and Crime Commission, and to the Attorney General’s comments on radio on the morning of Friday, 26 August, in which he said that he had been briefed by Kevin Hammond. (1) When and under what authority did this briefing occur? (2) When did the Attorney General first become aware that Moira Rayner’s version of the events - as reported in The West Australian last Friday and which Ms Rayner confirmed on radio earlier that morning - differed from the official version? (3) What action did the Attorney General take to correct the record on this matter? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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(1)-(3) Firstly, I will correct the member for Nedlands. I have never said that I had not been briefed by Commissioner Hammond on some of these matters. On some other matters I have. I have had two contacts with Commissioner Kevin Hammond in the past two weeks. The first was on Wednesday, 17 August, when I was returning from having delivered a lecture to law students at Murdoch University and I received a message that Mr Kevin Hammond wished to speak to me. He then came to my office to advise me in a general sense of the matters relating to Moira Rayner and her resignation and that the matter was under investigation. As soon as he became aware of it as an issue, he had referred the matter pretty well forthwith to Malcolm McCusker, who was conducting an investigation into Ms Rayner. I am on the public record regarding those matters. I have said that he briefed me on those matters. The second occasion on which I spoke to Kevin Hammond was yesterday. He advised me that he had written to the parliamentary committee and that it was a fairly non-detailed discussion. He was concerned about the inaccuracies of some of the material in the public arena and had written to the parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission advising that in his view some of the facts that had been reported - if I can put it that way - were inaccurate. They are the two occasions on which I have spoken to Mr Hammond on matters relating to Moira Rayner. The only other time that I spoke with Mr Hammond was when he approached me some considerable time ago seeking the appointment of an additional acting commissioner to make sure that the workload was covered. They are the only times these matters have been raised between Kevin Hammond and me. Does that cover the member’s questions? Ms S.E. Walker : When did you first become aware that Moira Rayner’s version of events as reported in The West Australian , and which were confirmed on radio, differed from the official version, and what action did you take to correct the record? Mr J.A. McGINTY : On Friday afternoon. On Friday I spoke in the media and said that Ms Rayner had been clearly less than forthright in her description of events. I was publicly critical of Moira Rayner on the very day she made her statement of events public.
(1) When and under what authority did this briefing occur? (2) When did the Attorney General first become aware that Moira Rayner’s version of the events - as reported in The West Australian last Friday and which Ms Rayner confirmed on radio earlier that morning - differed from the official version? (3) What action did the Attorney General take to correct the record on this matter? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) Firstly, I will correct the member for Nedlands. I have never said that I had not been briefed by Commissioner Hammond on some of these matters. On some other matters I have. I have had two contacts with Commissioner Kevin Hammond in the past two weeks. The first was on Wednesday, 17 August, when I was returning from having delivered a lecture to law students at Murdoch University and I received a message that Mr Kevin Hammond wished to speak to me. He then came to my office to advise me in a general sense of the matters relating to Moira Rayner and her resignation and that the matter was under investigation. As soon as he became aware of it as an issue, he had referred the matter pretty well forthwith to Malcolm McCusker, who was conducting an investigation into Ms Rayner. I am on the public record regarding those matters. I have said that he briefed me on those matters. The second occasion on which I spoke to Kevin Hammond was yesterday. He advised me that he had written to the parliamentary committee and that it was a fairly non-detailed discussion. He was concerned about the inaccuracies of some of the material in the public arena and had written to the parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission advising that in his view some of the facts that had been reported - if I can put it that way - were inaccurate. They are the two occasions on which I have spoken to Mr Hammond on matters relating to Moira Rayner. The only other time that I spoke with Mr Hammond was when he approached me some considerable time ago seeking the appointment of an additional acting commissioner to make sure that the workload was covered. They are the only times these matters have been raised between Kevin Hammond and me. Does that cover the member’s questions? Ms S.E. Walker : When did you first become aware that Moira Rayner’s version of events as reported in The West Australian , and which were confirmed on radio, differed from the official version, and what action did you take to correct the record? Mr J.A. McGINTY : On Friday afternoon. On Friday I spoke in the media and said that Ms Rayner had been clearly less than forthright in her description of events. I was publicly critical of Moira Rayner on the very day she made her statement of events public.
(2) When did the Attorney General first become aware that Moira Rayner’s version of the events - as reported in The West Australian last Friday and which Ms Rayner confirmed on radio earlier that morning - differed from the official version? (3) What action did the Attorney General take to correct the record on this matter? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) Firstly, I will correct the member for Nedlands. I have never said that I had not been briefed by Commissioner Hammond on some of these matters. On some other matters I have. I have had two contacts with Commissioner Kevin Hammond in the past two weeks. The first was on Wednesday, 17 August, when I was returning from having delivered a lecture to law students at Murdoch University and I received a message that Mr Kevin Hammond wished to speak to me. He then came to my office to advise me in a general sense of the matters relating to Moira Rayner and her resignation and that the matter was under investigation. As soon as he became aware of it as an issue, he had referred the matter pretty well forthwith to Malcolm McCusker, who was conducting an investigation into Ms Rayner. I am on the public record regarding those matters. I have said that he briefed me on those matters. The second occasion on which I spoke to Kevin Hammond was yesterday. He advised me that he had written to the parliamentary committee and that it was a fairly non-detailed discussion. He was concerned about the inaccuracies of some of the material in the public arena and had written to the parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission advising that in his view some of the facts that had been reported - if I can put it that way - were inaccurate. They are the two occasions on which I have spoken to Mr Hammond on matters relating to Moira Rayner. The only other time that I spoke with Mr Hammond was when he approached me some considerable time ago seeking the appointment of an additional acting commissioner to make sure that the workload was covered. They are the only times these matters have been raised between Kevin Hammond and me. Does that cover the member’s questions? Ms S.E. Walker : When did you first become aware that Moira Rayner’s version of events as reported in The West Australian , and which were confirmed on radio, differed from the official version, and what action did you take to correct the record? Mr J.A. McGINTY : On Friday afternoon. On Friday I spoke in the media and said that Ms Rayner had been clearly less than forthright in her description of events. I was publicly critical of Moira Rayner on the very day she made her statement of events public.
(3) What action did the Attorney General take to correct the record on this matter? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) Firstly, I will correct the member for Nedlands. I have never said that I had not been briefed by Commissioner Hammond on some of these matters. On some other matters I have. I have had two contacts with Commissioner Kevin Hammond in the past two weeks. The first was on Wednesday, 17 August, when I was returning from having delivered a lecture to law students at Murdoch University and I received a message that Mr Kevin Hammond wished to speak to me. He then came to my office to advise me in a general sense of the matters relating to Moira Rayner and her resignation and that the matter was under investigation. As soon as he became aware of it as an issue, he had referred the matter pretty well forthwith to Malcolm McCusker, who was conducting an investigation into Ms Rayner. I am on the public record regarding those matters. I have said that he briefed me on those matters. The second occasion on which I spoke to Kevin Hammond was yesterday. He advised me that he had written to the parliamentary committee and that it was a fairly non-detailed discussion. He was concerned about the inaccuracies of some of the material in the public arena and had written to the parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission advising that in his view some of the facts that had been reported - if I can put it that way - were inaccurate. They are the two occasions on which I have spoken to Mr Hammond on matters relating to Moira Rayner. The only other time that I spoke with Mr Hammond was when he approached me some considerable time ago seeking the appointment of an additional acting commissioner to make sure that the workload was covered. They are the only times these matters have been raised between Kevin Hammond and me. Does that cover the member’s questions? Ms S.E. Walker : When did you first become aware that Moira Rayner’s version of events as reported in The West Australian , and which were confirmed on radio, differed from the official version, and what action did you take to correct the record? Mr J.A. McGINTY : On Friday afternoon. On Friday I spoke in the media and said that Ms Rayner had been clearly less than forthright in her description of events. I was publicly critical of Moira Rayner on the very day she made her statement of events public.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) Firstly, I will correct the member for Nedlands. I have never said that I had not been briefed by Commissioner Hammond on some of these matters. On some other matters I have. I have had two contacts with Commissioner Kevin Hammond in the past two weeks. The first was on Wednesday, 17 August, when I was returning from having delivered a lecture to law students at Murdoch University and I received a message that Mr Kevin Hammond wished to speak to me. He then came to my office to advise me in a general sense of the matters relating to Moira Rayner and her resignation and that the matter was under investigation. As soon as he became aware of it as an issue, he had referred the matter pretty well forthwith to Malcolm McCusker, who was conducting an investigation into Ms Rayner. I am on the public record regarding those matters. I have said that he briefed me on those matters. The second occasion on which I spoke to Kevin Hammond was yesterday. He advised me that he had written to the parliamentary committee and that it was a fairly non-detailed discussion. He was concerned about the inaccuracies of some of the material in the public arena and had written to the parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission advising that in his view some of the facts that had been reported - if I can put it that way - were inaccurate. They are the two occasions on which I have spoken to Mr Hammond on matters relating to Moira Rayner. The only other time that I spoke with Mr Hammond was when he approached me some considerable time ago seeking the appointment of an additional acting commissioner to make sure that the workload was covered. They are the only times these matters have been raised between Kevin Hammond and me. Does that cover the member’s questions? Ms S.E. Walker : When did you first become aware that Moira Rayner’s version of events as reported in The West Australian , and which were confirmed on radio, differed from the official version, and what action did you take to correct the record? Mr J.A. McGINTY : On Friday afternoon. On Friday I spoke in the media and said that Ms Rayner had been clearly less than forthright in her description of events. I was publicly critical of Moira Rayner on the very day she made her statement of events public.
(1)-(3) Firstly, I will correct the member for Nedlands. I have never said that I had not been briefed by Commissioner Hammond on some of these matters. On some other matters I have. I have had two contacts with Commissioner Kevin Hammond in the past two weeks. The first was on Wednesday, 17 August, when I was returning from having delivered a lecture to law students at Murdoch University and I received a message that Mr Kevin Hammond wished to speak to me. He then came to my office to advise me in a general sense of the matters relating to Moira Rayner and her resignation and that the matter was under investigation. As soon as he became aware of it as an issue, he had referred the matter pretty well forthwith to Malcolm McCusker, who was conducting an investigation into Ms Rayner. I am on the public record regarding those matters. I have said that he briefed me on those matters. The second occasion on which I spoke to Kevin Hammond was yesterday. He advised me that he had written to the parliamentary committee and that it was a fairly non-detailed discussion. He was concerned about the inaccuracies of some of the material in the public arena and had written to the parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission advising that in his view some of the facts that had been reported - if I can put it that way - were inaccurate. They are the two occasions on which I have spoken to Mr Hammond on matters relating to Moira Rayner. The only other time that I spoke with Mr Hammond was when he approached me some considerable time ago seeking the appointment of an additional acting commissioner to make sure that the workload was covered. They are the only times these matters have been raised between Kevin Hammond and me. Does that cover the member’s questions? Ms S.E. Walker : When did you first become aware that Moira Rayner’s version of events as reported in The West Australian , and which were confirmed on radio, differed from the official version, and what action did you take to correct the record? Mr J.A. McGINTY : On Friday afternoon. On Friday I spoke in the media and said that Ms Rayner had been clearly less than forthright in her description of events. I was publicly critical of Moira Rayner on the very day she made her statement of events public.
The only other time that I spoke with Mr Hammond was when he approached me some considerable time ago seeking the appointment of an additional acting commissioner to make sure that the workload was covered. They are the only times these matters have been raised between Kevin Hammond and me. Does that cover the member’s questions?
Mr J.A. McGINTY : On Friday afternoon. On Friday I spoke in the media and said that Ms Rayner had been clearly less than forthright in her description of events. I was publicly critical of Moira Rayner on the very day she made her statement of events public.
(1) When and under what authority did this briefing occur? (2) When did the Attorney General first become aware that Moira Rayner’s version of the events - as reported in The West Australian last Friday and which Ms Rayner confirmed on radio earlier that morning - differed from the official version? (3) What action did the Attorney General take to correct the record on this matter? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) Firstly, I will correct the member for Nedlands. I have never said that I had not been briefed by Commissioner Hammond on some of these matters. On some other matters I have. I have had two contacts with Commissioner Kevin Hammond in the past two weeks. The first was on Wednesday, 17 August, when I was returning from having delivered a lecture to law students at Murdoch University and I received a message that Mr Kevin Hammond wished to speak to me. He then came to my office to advise me in a general sense of the matters relating to Moira Rayner and her resignation and that the matter was under investigation. As soon as he became aware of it as an issue, he had referred the matter pretty well forthwith to Malcolm McCusker, who was conducting an investigation into Ms Rayner. I am on the public record regarding those matters. I have said that he briefed me on those matters. The second occasion on which I spoke to Kevin Hammond was yesterday. He advised me that he had written to the parliamentary committee and that it was a fairly non-detailed discussion. He was concerned about the inaccuracies of some of the material in the public arena and had written to the parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission advising that in his view some of the facts that had been reported - if I can put it that way - were inaccurate. They are the two occasions on which I have spoken to Mr Hammond on matters relating to Moira Rayner. The only other time that I spoke with Mr Hammond was when he approached me some considerable time ago seeking the appointment of an additional acting commissioner to make sure that the workload was covered. They are the only times these matters have been raised between Kevin Hammond and me. Does that cover the member’s questions? Ms S.E. Walker : When did you first become aware that Moira Rayner’s version of events as reported in The West Australian , and which were confirmed on radio, differed from the official version, and what action did you take to correct the record? Mr J.A. McGINTY : On Friday afternoon. On Friday I spoke in the media and said that Ms Rayner had been clearly less than forthright in her description of events. I was publicly critical of Moira Rayner on the very day she made her statement of events public.
(2) When did the Attorney General first become aware that Moira Rayner’s version of the events - as reported in The West Australian last Friday and which Ms Rayner confirmed on radio earlier that morning - differed from the official version? (3) What action did the Attorney General take to correct the record on this matter? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) Firstly, I will correct the member for Nedlands. I have never said that I had not been briefed by Commissioner Hammond on some of these matters. On some other matters I have. I have had two contacts with Commissioner Kevin Hammond in the past two weeks. The first was on Wednesday, 17 August, when I was returning from having delivered a lecture to law students at Murdoch University and I received a message that Mr Kevin Hammond wished to speak to me. He then came to my office to advise me in a general sense of the matters relating to Moira Rayner and her resignation and that the matter was under investigation. As soon as he became aware of it as an issue, he had referred the matter pretty well forthwith to Malcolm McCusker, who was conducting an investigation into Ms Rayner. I am on the public record regarding those matters. I have said that he briefed me on those matters. The second occasion on which I spoke to Kevin Hammond was yesterday. He advised me that he had written to the parliamentary committee and that it was a fairly non-detailed discussion. He was concerned about the inaccuracies of some of the material in the public arena and had written to the parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission advising that in his view some of the facts that had been reported - if I can put it that way - were inaccurate. They are the two occasions on which I have spoken to Mr Hammond on matters relating to Moira Rayner. The only other time that I spoke with Mr Hammond was when he approached me some considerable time ago seeking the appointment of an additional acting commissioner to make sure that the workload was covered. They are the only times these matters have been raised between Kevin Hammond and me. Does that cover the member’s questions? Ms S.E. Walker : When did you first become aware that Moira Rayner’s version of events as reported in The West Australian , and which were confirmed on radio, differed from the official version, and what action did you take to correct the record? Mr J.A. McGINTY : On Friday afternoon. On Friday I spoke in the media and said that Ms Rayner had been clearly less than forthright in her description of events. I was publicly critical of Moira Rayner on the very day she made her statement of events public.
(3) What action did the Attorney General take to correct the record on this matter? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) Firstly, I will correct the member for Nedlands. I have never said that I had not been briefed by Commissioner Hammond on some of these matters. On some other matters I have. I have had two contacts with Commissioner Kevin Hammond in the past two weeks. The first was on Wednesday, 17 August, when I was returning from having delivered a lecture to law students at Murdoch University and I received a message that Mr Kevin Hammond wished to speak to me. He then came to my office to advise me in a general sense of the matters relating to Moira Rayner and her resignation and that the matter was under investigation. As soon as he became aware of it as an issue, he had referred the matter pretty well forthwith to Malcolm McCusker, who was conducting an investigation into Ms Rayner. I am on the public record regarding those matters. I have said that he briefed me on those matters. The second occasion on which I spoke to Kevin Hammond was yesterday. He advised me that he had written to the parliamentary committee and that it was a fairly non-detailed discussion. He was concerned about the inaccuracies of some of the material in the public arena and had written to the parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission advising that in his view some of the facts that had been reported - if I can put it that way - were inaccurate. They are the two occasions on which I have spoken to Mr Hammond on matters relating to Moira Rayner. The only other time that I spoke with Mr Hammond was when he approached me some considerable time ago seeking the appointment of an additional acting commissioner to make sure that the workload was covered. They are the only times these matters have been raised between Kevin Hammond and me. Does that cover the member’s questions? Ms S.E. Walker : When did you first become aware that Moira Rayner’s version of events as reported in The West Australian , and which were confirmed on radio, differed from the official version, and what action did you take to correct the record? Mr J.A. McGINTY : On Friday afternoon. On Friday I spoke in the media and said that Ms Rayner had been clearly less than forthright in her description of events. I was publicly critical of Moira Rayner on the very day she made her statement of events public.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) Firstly, I will correct the member for Nedlands. I have never said that I had not been briefed by Commissioner Hammond on some of these matters. On some other matters I have. I have had two contacts with Commissioner Kevin Hammond in the past two weeks. The first was on Wednesday, 17 August, when I was returning from having delivered a lecture to law students at Murdoch University and I received a message that Mr Kevin Hammond wished to speak to me. He then came to my office to advise me in a general sense of the matters relating to Moira Rayner and her resignation and that the matter was under investigation. As soon as he became aware of it as an issue, he had referred the matter pretty well forthwith to Malcolm McCusker, who was conducting an investigation into Ms Rayner. I am on the public record regarding those matters. I have said that he briefed me on those matters. The second occasion on which I spoke to Kevin Hammond was yesterday. He advised me that he had written to the parliamentary committee and that it was a fairly non-detailed discussion. He was concerned about the inaccuracies of some of the material in the public arena and had written to the parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission advising that in his view some of the facts that had been reported - if I can put it that way - were inaccurate. They are the two occasions on which I have spoken to Mr Hammond on matters relating to Moira Rayner. The only other time that I spoke with Mr Hammond was when he approached me some considerable time ago seeking the appointment of an additional acting commissioner to make sure that the workload was covered. They are the only times these matters have been raised between Kevin Hammond and me. Does that cover the member’s questions? Ms S.E. Walker : When did you first become aware that Moira Rayner’s version of events as reported in The West Australian , and which were confirmed on radio, differed from the official version, and what action did you take to correct the record? Mr J.A. McGINTY : On Friday afternoon. On Friday I spoke in the media and said that Ms Rayner had been clearly less than forthright in her description of events. I was publicly critical of Moira Rayner on the very day she made her statement of events public.
(1)-(3) Firstly, I will correct the member for Nedlands. I have never said that I had not been briefed by Commissioner Hammond on some of these matters. On some other matters I have. I have had two contacts with Commissioner Kevin Hammond in the past two weeks. The first was on Wednesday, 17 August, when I was returning from having delivered a lecture to law students at Murdoch University and I received a message that Mr Kevin Hammond wished to speak to me. He then came to my office to advise me in a general sense of the matters relating to Moira Rayner and her resignation and that the matter was under investigation. As soon as he became aware of it as an issue, he had referred the matter pretty well forthwith to Malcolm McCusker, who was conducting an investigation into Ms Rayner. I am on the public record regarding those matters. I have said that he briefed me on those matters. The second occasion on which I spoke to Kevin Hammond was yesterday. He advised me that he had written to the parliamentary committee and that it was a fairly non-detailed discussion. He was concerned about the inaccuracies of some of the material in the public arena and had written to the parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission advising that in his view some of the facts that had been reported - if I can put it that way - were inaccurate. They are the two occasions on which I have spoken to Mr Hammond on matters relating to Moira Rayner. The only other time that I spoke with Mr Hammond was when he approached me some considerable time ago seeking the appointment of an additional acting commissioner to make sure that the workload was covered. They are the only times these matters have been raised between Kevin Hammond and me. Does that cover the member’s questions? Ms S.E. Walker : When did you first become aware that Moira Rayner’s version of events as reported in The West Australian , and which were confirmed on radio, differed from the official version, and what action did you take to correct the record? Mr J.A. McGINTY : On Friday afternoon. On Friday I spoke in the media and said that Ms Rayner had been clearly less than forthright in her description of events. I was publicly critical of Moira Rayner on the very day she made her statement of events public.
The only other time that I spoke with Mr Hammond was when he approached me some considerable time ago seeking the appointment of an additional acting commissioner to make sure that the workload was covered. They are the only times these matters have been raised between Kevin Hammond and me. Does that cover the member’s questions?
Mr J.A. McGINTY : On Friday afternoon. On Friday I spoke in the media and said that Ms Rayner had been clearly less than forthright in her description of events. I was publicly critical of Moira Rayner on the very day she made her statement of events public.
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