❓ Hon Simon O'Brien questions Hon Tom Stephens, Minister for Local Government, regarding the status, steps, and timetable of the inquiry into the City of South Perth. The Minister outlines the process, including referral to the Crown Solicitor and providing the report to suspended councillors for comment.
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CITY OF SOUTH PERTH, INQUIRY
(1) What is the status of the local government inquiry into the City of South Perth? (2) What steps is the minister about to take to bring the ongoing saga to its conclusion? (3) What is the timetable for the steps he intends to take? Hon TOM STEPHENS
(1) What is the status of the local government inquiry into the City of South Perth? (2) What steps is the minister about to take to bring the ongoing saga to its conclusion? (3) What is the timetable for the steps he intends to take? Hon TOM STEPHENS
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I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for the question because he has pinpointed the issue. (1)-(3) The inquiry was conducted as a result of a complaints process. Hon Simon O’Brien: I wish I could get an answer to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I will give the answer in this way: a complaint was made about the City of South Perth to the previous Minister for Local Government, who processed that complaint in an appropriate manner. The minister suspended the council following a preliminary inquiry into it. Subsequent to that, the incoming Government instituted its first inquiry, which was aborted. It then instituted its second inquiry, which has completed its work, and a report with recommendations has been handed to me. Hon Peter Foss: An answer! Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
(2) What steps is the minister about to take to bring the ongoing saga to its conclusion? (3) What is the timetable for the steps he intends to take? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for the question because he has pinpointed the issue. (1)-(3) The inquiry was conducted as a result of a complaints process. Hon Simon O’Brien: I wish I could get an answer to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I will give the answer in this way: a complaint was made about the City of South Perth to the previous Minister for Local Government, who processed that complaint in an appropriate manner. The minister suspended the council following a preliminary inquiry into it. Subsequent to that, the incoming Government instituted its first inquiry, which was aborted. It then instituted its second inquiry, which has completed its work, and a report with recommendations has been handed to me. Hon Peter Foss: An answer! Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
(3) What is the timetable for the steps he intends to take? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for the question because he has pinpointed the issue. (1)-(3) The inquiry was conducted as a result of a complaints process. Hon Simon O’Brien: I wish I could get an answer to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I will give the answer in this way: a complaint was made about the City of South Perth to the previous Minister for Local Government, who processed that complaint in an appropriate manner. The minister suspended the council following a preliminary inquiry into it. Subsequent to that, the incoming Government instituted its first inquiry, which was aborted. It then instituted its second inquiry, which has completed its work, and a report with recommendations has been handed to me. Hon Peter Foss: An answer! Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for the question because he has pinpointed the issue. (1)-(3) The inquiry was conducted as a result of a complaints process. Hon Simon O’Brien: I wish I could get an answer to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I will give the answer in this way: a complaint was made about the City of South Perth to the previous Minister for Local Government, who processed that complaint in an appropriate manner. The minister suspended the council following a preliminary inquiry into it. Subsequent to that, the incoming Government instituted its first inquiry, which was aborted. It then instituted its second inquiry, which has completed its work, and a report with recommendations has been handed to me. Hon Peter Foss: An answer! Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for the question because he has pinpointed the issue. (1)-(3) The inquiry was conducted as a result of a complaints process. Hon Simon O’Brien: I wish I could get an answer to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I will give the answer in this way: a complaint was made about the City of South Perth to the previous Minister for Local Government, who processed that complaint in an appropriate manner. The minister suspended the council following a preliminary inquiry into it. Subsequent to that, the incoming Government instituted its first inquiry, which was aborted. It then instituted its second inquiry, which has completed its work, and a report with recommendations has been handed to me. Hon Peter Foss: An answer! Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
(1)-(3) The inquiry was conducted as a result of a complaints process. Hon Simon O’Brien: I wish I could get an answer to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I will give the answer in this way: a complaint was made about the City of South Perth to the previous Minister for Local Government, who processed that complaint in an appropriate manner. The minister suspended the council following a preliminary inquiry into it. Subsequent to that, the incoming Government instituted its first inquiry, which was aborted. It then instituted its second inquiry, which has completed its work, and a report with recommendations has been handed to me. Hon Peter Foss: An answer! Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon Simon O’Brien: I wish I could get an answer to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I will give the answer in this way: a complaint was made about the City of South Perth to the previous Minister for Local Government, who processed that complaint in an appropriate manner. The minister suspended the council following a preliminary inquiry into it. Subsequent to that, the incoming Government instituted its first inquiry, which was aborted. It then instituted its second inquiry, which has completed its work, and a report with recommendations has been handed to me. Hon Peter Foss: An answer! Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: I will give the answer in this way: a complaint was made about the City of South Perth to the previous Minister for Local Government, who processed that complaint in an appropriate manner. The minister suspended the council following a preliminary inquiry into it. Subsequent to that, the incoming Government instituted its first inquiry, which was aborted. It then instituted its second inquiry, which has completed its work, and a report with recommendations has been handed to me. Hon Peter Foss: An answer! Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon Peter Foss: An answer! Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
(2) What steps is the minister about to take to bring the ongoing saga to its conclusion? (3) What is the timetable for the steps he intends to take? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for the question because he has pinpointed the issue. (1)-(3) The inquiry was conducted as a result of a complaints process. Hon Simon O’Brien: I wish I could get an answer to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I will give the answer in this way: a complaint was made about the City of South Perth to the previous Minister for Local Government, who processed that complaint in an appropriate manner. The minister suspended the council following a preliminary inquiry into it. Subsequent to that, the incoming Government instituted its first inquiry, which was aborted. It then instituted its second inquiry, which has completed its work, and a report with recommendations has been handed to me. Hon Peter Foss: An answer! Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
(3) What is the timetable for the steps he intends to take? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for the question because he has pinpointed the issue. (1)-(3) The inquiry was conducted as a result of a complaints process. Hon Simon O’Brien: I wish I could get an answer to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I will give the answer in this way: a complaint was made about the City of South Perth to the previous Minister for Local Government, who processed that complaint in an appropriate manner. The minister suspended the council following a preliminary inquiry into it. Subsequent to that, the incoming Government instituted its first inquiry, which was aborted. It then instituted its second inquiry, which has completed its work, and a report with recommendations has been handed to me. Hon Peter Foss: An answer! Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for the question because he has pinpointed the issue. (1)-(3) The inquiry was conducted as a result of a complaints process. Hon Simon O’Brien: I wish I could get an answer to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I will give the answer in this way: a complaint was made about the City of South Perth to the previous Minister for Local Government, who processed that complaint in an appropriate manner. The minister suspended the council following a preliminary inquiry into it. Subsequent to that, the incoming Government instituted its first inquiry, which was aborted. It then instituted its second inquiry, which has completed its work, and a report with recommendations has been handed to me. Hon Peter Foss: An answer! Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for the question because he has pinpointed the issue. (1)-(3) The inquiry was conducted as a result of a complaints process. Hon Simon O’Brien: I wish I could get an answer to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I will give the answer in this way: a complaint was made about the City of South Perth to the previous Minister for Local Government, who processed that complaint in an appropriate manner. The minister suspended the council following a preliminary inquiry into it. Subsequent to that, the incoming Government instituted its first inquiry, which was aborted. It then instituted its second inquiry, which has completed its work, and a report with recommendations has been handed to me. Hon Peter Foss: An answer! Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
(1)-(3) The inquiry was conducted as a result of a complaints process. Hon Simon O’Brien: I wish I could get an answer to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I will give the answer in this way: a complaint was made about the City of South Perth to the previous Minister for Local Government, who processed that complaint in an appropriate manner. The minister suspended the council following a preliminary inquiry into it. Subsequent to that, the incoming Government instituted its first inquiry, which was aborted. It then instituted its second inquiry, which has completed its work, and a report with recommendations has been handed to me. Hon Peter Foss: An answer! Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon Simon O’Brien: I wish I could get an answer to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I will give the answer in this way: a complaint was made about the City of South Perth to the previous Minister for Local Government, who processed that complaint in an appropriate manner. The minister suspended the council following a preliminary inquiry into it. Subsequent to that, the incoming Government instituted its first inquiry, which was aborted. It then instituted its second inquiry, which has completed its work, and a report with recommendations has been handed to me. Hon Peter Foss: An answer! Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: I will give the answer in this way: a complaint was made about the City of South Perth to the previous Minister for Local Government, who processed that complaint in an appropriate manner. The minister suspended the council following a preliminary inquiry into it. Subsequent to that, the incoming Government instituted its first inquiry, which was aborted. It then instituted its second inquiry, which has completed its work, and a report with recommendations has been handed to me. Hon Peter Foss: An answer! Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon Peter Foss: An answer! Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: I heard a little dickie bird. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
The PRESIDENT: Order! We were making good progress for a while. Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon Peter Foss: I am sorry. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: He apologises; that is very good. Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon Simon O’Brien: How about giving me an answer? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: I am giving the member an answer, for goodness sake. I have received a report from the inquirer. I have referred that report to the Crown Solicitor for advice. I am keen to make that report available to the suspended councillors, so they have the opportunity of studying the report and making any comments to me before I consider my response to the recommendations of the inquiry. I think I am right in saying that the statute requires me to give to the suspended councillors a period of about 35 days in which to make any comments on the recommendations of the inquirer before I make my decision about those recommendations. Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon Simon O’Brien: When will you be doing that? Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hope that the Crown Solicitor will give me advice on whether I can in the very near future make the report of the inquiry available in full to the suspended councillors. I do not control the Crown Solicitor’s response to me. I have asked for a response, and I guess that I will get the response in the next couple of weeks. Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon Simon O’Brien: Getting the report out is really long overdue. Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: These things take time. There is a due process. I appreciate that there is a legitimate interest on the part of the people of South Perth, but there is a statutory process to which I will ensure I have due regard.
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