❓ Mr. Stephens questions the Minister for Police regarding a perceived policing crisis in the Pilbara, referencing police union concerns and a statement from the member for North West. The Minister declines to comment, deeming the first question opinion-based and lacking awareness of the mentioned press release.
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POLICE OFFICERS — PILBARA
By way of a supplementary question — (1) I take it that the minister therefore disagrees with the observations of the police union that describes the Pilbara as being in a policing crisis as police officers leave for the Northern Territory and other places? (2) I take it that the minister disagrees with the claim by his member, the member for North West, that there is a police crisis in the Pilbara—a claim he made in a media statement brought out on 17 September of this year? The SPEAKER : Minister, before you answer that question I will provide some advice to the house. A supplementary question is only one question. Minister, I give you the discretion to answer. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I do not know what time afternoon tea is in this place. I do not get to it very often, but it seems that it might have started early, with all the conversations going on. Minister, I think that you have the call at this stage. Mr R.F. JOHNSON
By way of a supplementary question — (1) I take it that the minister therefore disagrees with the observations of the police union that describes the Pilbara as being in a policing crisis as police officers leave for the Northern Territory and other places? (2) I take it that the minister disagrees with the claim by his member, the member for North West, that there is a police crisis in the Pilbara—a claim he made in a media statement brought out on 17 September of this year? The SPEAKER : Minister, before you answer that question I will provide some advice to the house. A supplementary question is only one question. Minister, I give you the discretion to answer. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I do not know what time afternoon tea is in this place. I do not get to it very often, but it seems that it might have started early, with all the conversations going on. Minister, I think that you have the call at this stage. Mr R.F. JOHNSON
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Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
(1) I take it that the minister therefore disagrees with the observations of the police union that describes the Pilbara as being in a policing crisis as police officers leave for the Northern Territory and other places? (2) I take it that the minister disagrees with the claim by his member, the member for North West, that there is a police crisis in the Pilbara—a claim he made in a media statement brought out on 17 September of this year? The SPEAKER : Minister, before you answer that question I will provide some advice to the house. A supplementary question is only one question. Minister, I give you the discretion to answer. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I do not know what time afternoon tea is in this place. I do not get to it very often, but it seems that it might have started early, with all the conversations going on. Minister, I think that you have the call at this stage. Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
(2) I take it that the minister disagrees with the claim by his member, the member for North West, that there is a police crisis in the Pilbara—a claim he made in a media statement brought out on 17 September of this year? The SPEAKER : Minister, before you answer that question I will provide some advice to the house. A supplementary question is only one question. Minister, I give you the discretion to answer. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I do not know what time afternoon tea is in this place. I do not get to it very often, but it seems that it might have started early, with all the conversations going on. Minister, I think that you have the call at this stage. Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
The SPEAKER : Minister, before you answer that question I will provide some advice to the house. A supplementary question is only one question. Minister, I give you the discretion to answer. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I do not know what time afternoon tea is in this place. I do not get to it very often, but it seems that it might have started early, with all the conversations going on. Minister, I think that you have the call at this stage. Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I do not know what time afternoon tea is in this place. I do not get to it very often, but it seems that it might have started early, with all the conversations going on. Minister, I think that you have the call at this stage. Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I do not know what time afternoon tea is in this place. I do not get to it very often, but it seems that it might have started early, with all the conversations going on. Minister, I think that you have the call at this stage. Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I do not know what time afternoon tea is in this place. I do not get to it very often, but it seems that it might have started early, with all the conversations going on. Minister, I think that you have the call at this stage. Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
The SPEAKER : Order! I do not know what time afternoon tea is in this place. I do not get to it very often, but it seems that it might have started early, with all the conversations going on. Minister, I think that you have the call at this stage. Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
(1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
(2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
(1) I take it that the minister therefore disagrees with the observations of the police union that describes the Pilbara as being in a policing crisis as police officers leave for the Northern Territory and other places? (2) I take it that the minister disagrees with the claim by his member, the member for North West, that there is a police crisis in the Pilbara—a claim he made in a media statement brought out on 17 September of this year? The SPEAKER : Minister, before you answer that question I will provide some advice to the house. A supplementary question is only one question. Minister, I give you the discretion to answer. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I do not know what time afternoon tea is in this place. I do not get to it very often, but it seems that it might have started early, with all the conversations going on. Minister, I think that you have the call at this stage. Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
(2) I take it that the minister disagrees with the claim by his member, the member for North West, that there is a police crisis in the Pilbara—a claim he made in a media statement brought out on 17 September of this year? The SPEAKER : Minister, before you answer that question I will provide some advice to the house. A supplementary question is only one question. Minister, I give you the discretion to answer. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I do not know what time afternoon tea is in this place. I do not get to it very often, but it seems that it might have started early, with all the conversations going on. Minister, I think that you have the call at this stage. Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
The SPEAKER : Minister, before you answer that question I will provide some advice to the house. A supplementary question is only one question. Minister, I give you the discretion to answer. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I do not know what time afternoon tea is in this place. I do not get to it very often, but it seems that it might have started early, with all the conversations going on. Minister, I think that you have the call at this stage. Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I do not know what time afternoon tea is in this place. I do not get to it very often, but it seems that it might have started early, with all the conversations going on. Minister, I think that you have the call at this stage. Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I do not know what time afternoon tea is in this place. I do not get to it very often, but it seems that it might have started early, with all the conversations going on. Minister, I think that you have the call at this stage. Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I do not know what time afternoon tea is in this place. I do not get to it very often, but it seems that it might have started early, with all the conversations going on. Minister, I think that you have the call at this stage. Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
The SPEAKER : Order! I do not know what time afternoon tea is in this place. I do not get to it very often, but it seems that it might have started early, with all the conversations going on. Minister, I think that you have the call at this stage. Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
Thank you, Mr Speaker. (1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
(1) The first of the two supplementary questions asked by the member for Pilbara seeks an opinion and it is an opinion that I do not intend to give. (2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
(2) The second question is about a purported press release from the member for North West. I am not aware of that press release and am therefore not prepared to comment on that either.
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