❓ Mr Cowper questions the Minister for Police and Emergency Services about prisoners reoffending while on parole. The Minister acknowledges the issue, stating she doesn't have specific figures but will address it with the Attorney General, promising a considered response.
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Will the minister confirm that during the past six months alone 10 prisoners convicted of serious crimes, like armed robbery, stealing, assault and burglary, were returned to prison after committing crimes while out on parole? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS
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I do not have those figures handy, but it sounds - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I do not have the figures at my fingertips, but an enormous number of people are on parole at any given moment in time. Those people are criminals, which is why they are on parole, and sometimes they do reoffend. Some of those who reoffend are dangerous. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I do not have those figures handy, but it sounds - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I do not have the figures at my fingertips, but an enormous number of people are on parole at any given moment in time. Those people are criminals, which is why they are on parole, and sometimes they do reoffend. Some of those who reoffend are dangerous. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
I do not have those figures handy, but it sounds - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I do not have the figures at my fingertips, but an enormous number of people are on parole at any given moment in time. Those people are criminals, which is why they are on parole, and sometimes they do reoffend. Some of those who reoffend are dangerous. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I do not have the figures at my fingertips, but an enormous number of people are on parole at any given moment in time. Those people are criminals, which is why they are on parole, and sometimes they do reoffend. Some of those who reoffend are dangerous. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
The SPEAKER : Order! Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I do not have the figures at my fingertips, but an enormous number of people are on parole at any given moment in time. Those people are criminals, which is why they are on parole, and sometimes they do reoffend. Some of those who reoffend are dangerous. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I do not have the figures at my fingertips, but an enormous number of people are on parole at any given moment in time. Those people are criminals, which is why they are on parole, and sometimes they do reoffend. Some of those who reoffend are dangerous. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I do not have the figures at my fingertips, but an enormous number of people are on parole at any given moment in time. Those people are criminals, which is why they are on parole, and sometimes they do reoffend. Some of those who reoffend are dangerous. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I do not have the figures at my fingertips, but an enormous number of people are on parole at any given moment in time. Those people are criminals, which is why they are on parole, and sometimes they do reoffend. Some of those who reoffend are dangerous. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I do not have those figures handy, but it sounds - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I do not have the figures at my fingertips, but an enormous number of people are on parole at any given moment in time. Those people are criminals, which is why they are on parole, and sometimes they do reoffend. Some of those who reoffend are dangerous. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
I do not have those figures handy, but it sounds - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I do not have the figures at my fingertips, but an enormous number of people are on parole at any given moment in time. Those people are criminals, which is why they are on parole, and sometimes they do reoffend. Some of those who reoffend are dangerous. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I do not have the figures at my fingertips, but an enormous number of people are on parole at any given moment in time. Those people are criminals, which is why they are on parole, and sometimes they do reoffend. Some of those who reoffend are dangerous. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
The SPEAKER : Order! Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I do not have the figures at my fingertips, but an enormous number of people are on parole at any given moment in time. Those people are criminals, which is why they are on parole, and sometimes they do reoffend. Some of those who reoffend are dangerous. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I do not have the figures at my fingertips, but an enormous number of people are on parole at any given moment in time. Those people are criminals, which is why they are on parole, and sometimes they do reoffend. Some of those who reoffend are dangerous. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I do not have the figures at my fingertips, but an enormous number of people are on parole at any given moment in time. Those people are criminals, which is why they are on parole, and sometimes they do reoffend. Some of those who reoffend are dangerous. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I do not have the figures at my fingertips, but an enormous number of people are on parole at any given moment in time. Those people are criminals, which is why they are on parole, and sometimes they do reoffend. Some of those who reoffend are dangerous. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Vasse to order for the third time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It does concern me that a number of serious criminals are granted parole and do offend while on parole. In my view they need to be returned to jail. I will be taking that issue up with the Attorney General. It will not be a knee-jerk response. The government will make a considered and measured response. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time.
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