❓ Mr. Buswell questions the Premier about the Department for Community Development's internal review of child abuse cases, seeking transparency and an explanation for not conducting an independent inquiry. The Premier deflects, attacking the opposition's tactics and referencing the need to protect confidential information.
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23 August 2006
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DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - CHILD ABUSE REVIEW REPORT
It has been revealed that the full findings of the internal Department for Community Development review conducted into circumstances in which children are placed in the care of potentially dangerous or neglectful parents will be kept secret. (1) Given the immense public interest in the actions of the DCD and its capacity to adequately protect Western Australian children, will the Premier agree to table this report with the confidential personal details removed; and, if not, why not? (2) Why is it an internal review instead of an external, independent inquiry? (3) Has the review been completed; and, if not, when will it report? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
It has been revealed that the full findings of the internal Department for Community Development review conducted into circumstances in which children are placed in the care of potentially dangerous or neglectful parents will be kept secret. (1) Given the immense public interest in the actions of the DCD and its capacity to adequately protect Western Australian children, will the Premier agree to table this report with the confidential personal details removed; and, if not, why not? (2) Why is it an internal review instead of an external, independent inquiry? (3) Has the review been completed; and, if not, when will it report? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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(1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. He is one of the members I referred to in my commentary yesterday. Mr T. Buswell : Is that right? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should learn a lesson. Mr C.J. Barnett : What’s your point? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
(1) Given the immense public interest in the actions of the DCD and its capacity to adequately protect Western Australian children, will the Premier agree to table this report with the confidential personal details removed; and, if not, why not? (2) Why is it an internal review instead of an external, independent inquiry? (3) Has the review been completed; and, if not, when will it report? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. He is one of the members I referred to in my commentary yesterday. Mr T. Buswell : Is that right? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should learn a lesson. Mr C.J. Barnett : What’s your point? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
(2) Why is it an internal review instead of an external, independent inquiry? (3) Has the review been completed; and, if not, when will it report? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. He is one of the members I referred to in my commentary yesterday. Mr T. Buswell : Is that right? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should learn a lesson. Mr C.J. Barnett : What’s your point? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
(3) Has the review been completed; and, if not, when will it report? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. He is one of the members I referred to in my commentary yesterday. Mr T. Buswell : Is that right? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should learn a lesson. Mr C.J. Barnett : What’s your point? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. He is one of the members I referred to in my commentary yesterday. Mr T. Buswell : Is that right? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should learn a lesson. Mr C.J. Barnett : What’s your point? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
(1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. He is one of the members I referred to in my commentary yesterday. Mr T. Buswell : Is that right? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should learn a lesson. Mr C.J. Barnett : What’s your point? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Mr T. Buswell : Is that right? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should learn a lesson. Mr C.J. Barnett : What’s your point? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should learn a lesson. Mr C.J. Barnett : What’s your point? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Mr C.J. Barnett : What’s your point? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
(1) Given the immense public interest in the actions of the DCD and its capacity to adequately protect Western Australian children, will the Premier agree to table this report with the confidential personal details removed; and, if not, why not? (2) Why is it an internal review instead of an external, independent inquiry? (3) Has the review been completed; and, if not, when will it report? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. He is one of the members I referred to in my commentary yesterday. Mr T. Buswell : Is that right? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should learn a lesson. Mr C.J. Barnett : What’s your point? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
(2) Why is it an internal review instead of an external, independent inquiry? (3) Has the review been completed; and, if not, when will it report? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. He is one of the members I referred to in my commentary yesterday. Mr T. Buswell : Is that right? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should learn a lesson. Mr C.J. Barnett : What’s your point? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
(3) Has the review been completed; and, if not, when will it report? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. He is one of the members I referred to in my commentary yesterday. Mr T. Buswell : Is that right? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should learn a lesson. Mr C.J. Barnett : What’s your point? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. He is one of the members I referred to in my commentary yesterday. Mr T. Buswell : Is that right? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should learn a lesson. Mr C.J. Barnett : What’s your point? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
(1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. He is one of the members I referred to in my commentary yesterday. Mr T. Buswell : Is that right? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should learn a lesson. Mr C.J. Barnett : What’s your point? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Mr T. Buswell : Is that right? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should learn a lesson. Mr C.J. Barnett : What’s your point? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should learn a lesson. Mr C.J. Barnett : What’s your point? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Mr C.J. Barnett : What’s your point? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not allow himself to be dragged around by the member for Cottesloe. Is it not interesting that the member for Cottesloe never gets to his feet to ask a question? He sits and interjects across the chamber and directs his naive team-mates about what they should ask. If the member for Cottesloe has a question to ask - he has asked a lot today - he should have the courage to get up on his feet to ask it. The next time the member suggests to his colleagues that they implement this type of tactic, they should ask him what his own record was like. They should ask him how he reacted when he got that type of information that minister’s get from time to time. Ask why he sprinted around to see the member for Albany on one occasion when he was worried about a matter that had arisen in Albany. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition should not let the member for Cottesloe lead him into these alleyways. Ask him about his own record. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Ask him why he does not have the courage to ask the question himself rather than load the gun for his colleagues. Did the member for Carine ask the member for Cottesloe why he does not ask the questions himself? In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
In answer to the questions asked by the member for Vasse, it is anticipated that an extreme amount of confidential material will be dealt with in this review and inquiry, and that must be respected. I would have hoped - obviously it was a vain hope - that what Mrs Jakins has said about the line taken by the opposition yesterday would have registered with opposition members regarding the damage they can do to individual families in pursuit of political point scoring. “In pursuit of political point scoring” are her own words. I have given an assurance to Mrs Jakins that I will ensure the Minister for Community Development does everything he possibly can to ensure that the lessons learnt from the death of her grandson Wade Scales are not wasted but are transformed into the development of better practices and approaches to more effectively manage cases like this so that the likelihood of such a tragic occurrence ever happening again is much diminished. Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Ms S.E. Walker : Is that why you called the Gordon inquiry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We did call the Gordon inquiry and we closed down the Swan Valley Nyungah Community. We are the only government in this state that I can remember that has taken this matter seriously. Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Mr R.F. Johnson : During the whole of 2002 you never sent one DCD worker into the camp for a whole year. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Hillarys! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I refer opposition members to the comments of Mrs Jakins. Learn a lesson. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition wants to be in politics for a long time and aspires to a position of leadership, he should learn a lesson.
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