❓ Question regarding child safety in WA given recent paedophile cases and the resources allocated to the ANCOR unit versus other police roles. The Minister's response deflects, accuses the questioner of endangering court cases, and defends the ANCOR legislation.
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POLICE - CHILD PROTECTION
My question is to the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, who is just coming around the bend - or going around the bend. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : He is being driven by someone. Ms S.E. WALKER : Probably by the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure. In light of the recent arrest of a convicted paedophile in a suburb of Perth and the release of a notorious paedophile who admitted to molesting 100 boys over 25 years, how can the safety of children in Western Australia be guaranteed, considering there are 859 offenders on the Australian National Child Offender Register in Western Australia and only 27 dedicated police officers in the ANCOR unit when, at the same time, there are approximately 26 sworn police officers working in human resources and 47 sworn police officers working in corporate programs and development? Mr J.C. KOBELKE
My question is to the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, who is just coming around the bend - or going around the bend. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : He is being driven by someone. Ms S.E. WALKER : Probably by the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure. In light of the recent arrest of a convicted paedophile in a suburb of Perth and the release of a notorious paedophile who admitted to molesting 100 boys over 25 years, how can the safety of children in Western Australia be guaranteed, considering there are 859 offenders on the Australian National Child Offender Register in Western Australia and only 27 dedicated police officers in the ANCOR unit when, at the same time, there are approximately 26 sworn police officers working in human resources and 47 sworn police officers working in corporate programs and development? Mr J.C. KOBELKE
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The member’s question relates to a matter on which, I am aware, she issued a statement. I was very surprised that she had knowledge of police operations, of which I have no knowledge and which the police are unable to disclose. Ms S.E. Walker : What did it say? I had no idea. I was trying to get the police to do their job. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Maybe the member’s practice is to make up what she puts out in a media statement. It appeared she was making it up. I need to refer to the substance of the question. The public of Western Australia can feel very safe that the police have the necessary legislation and resources to maximise the protection they can provide to the community, especially in respect of convicted sex offenders. The ANCOR register is an innovation. The legislation that has been passed in this Parliament provides that protection. It has given the police the tools to monitor these people and that is what they do. The member for Nedlands is known to have said things in this place that helped to abort a trial and deny justice. In this instance, the member for Nedlands is saying things on which she clearly has no evidence. Unless somebody leaked that information to her illegally, and it would be illegally, there is no way that she can have the evidence of what the police do or do not know under the ANCOR legislation. That is not the way the legislation works. However, the member put out a media statement claiming that she knew what the police did or did not know. That statement cannot be true unless somebody has done something illegal. Members can be absolutely sure that the ANCOR legislation is in place and on all the available evidence it is working well in providing protection for children and other members of the community. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : He is being driven by someone. Ms S.E. WALKER : Probably by the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure. In light of the recent arrest of a convicted paedophile in a suburb of Perth and the release of a notorious paedophile who admitted to molesting 100 boys over 25 years, how can the safety of children in Western Australia be guaranteed, considering there are 859 offenders on the Australian National Child Offender Register in Western Australia and only 27 dedicated police officers in the ANCOR unit when, at the same time, there are approximately 26 sworn police officers working in human resources and 47 sworn police officers working in corporate programs and development? Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: The member’s question relates to a matter on which, I am aware, she issued a statement. I was very surprised that she had knowledge of police operations, of which I have no knowledge and which the police are unable to disclose. Ms S.E. Walker : What did it say? I had no idea. I was trying to get the police to do their job. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Maybe the member’s practice is to make up what she puts out in a media statement. It appeared she was making it up. I need to refer to the substance of the question. The public of Western Australia can feel very safe that the police have the necessary legislation and resources to maximise the protection they can provide to the community, especially in respect of convicted sex offenders. The ANCOR register is an innovation. The legislation that has been passed in this Parliament provides that protection. It has given the police the tools to monitor these people and that is what they do. The member for Nedlands is known to have said things in this place that helped to abort a trial and deny justice. In this instance, the member for Nedlands is saying things on which she clearly has no evidence. Unless somebody leaked that information to her illegally, and it would be illegally, there is no way that she can have the evidence of what the police do or do not know under the ANCOR legislation. That is not the way the legislation works. However, the member put out a media statement claiming that she knew what the police did or did not know. That statement cannot be true unless somebody has done something illegal. Members can be absolutely sure that the ANCOR legislation is in place and on all the available evidence it is working well in providing protection for children and other members of the community. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
Ms S.E. WALKER : Probably by the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure. In light of the recent arrest of a convicted paedophile in a suburb of Perth and the release of a notorious paedophile who admitted to molesting 100 boys over 25 years, how can the safety of children in Western Australia be guaranteed, considering there are 859 offenders on the Australian National Child Offender Register in Western Australia and only 27 dedicated police officers in the ANCOR unit when, at the same time, there are approximately 26 sworn police officers working in human resources and 47 sworn police officers working in corporate programs and development? Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: The member’s question relates to a matter on which, I am aware, she issued a statement. I was very surprised that she had knowledge of police operations, of which I have no knowledge and which the police are unable to disclose. Ms S.E. Walker : What did it say? I had no idea. I was trying to get the police to do their job. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Maybe the member’s practice is to make up what she puts out in a media statement. It appeared she was making it up. I need to refer to the substance of the question. The public of Western Australia can feel very safe that the police have the necessary legislation and resources to maximise the protection they can provide to the community, especially in respect of convicted sex offenders. The ANCOR register is an innovation. The legislation that has been passed in this Parliament provides that protection. It has given the police the tools to monitor these people and that is what they do. The member for Nedlands is known to have said things in this place that helped to abort a trial and deny justice. In this instance, the member for Nedlands is saying things on which she clearly has no evidence. Unless somebody leaked that information to her illegally, and it would be illegally, there is no way that she can have the evidence of what the police do or do not know under the ANCOR legislation. That is not the way the legislation works. However, the member put out a media statement claiming that she knew what the police did or did not know. That statement cannot be true unless somebody has done something illegal. Members can be absolutely sure that the ANCOR legislation is in place and on all the available evidence it is working well in providing protection for children and other members of the community. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
In light of the recent arrest of a convicted paedophile in a suburb of Perth and the release of a notorious paedophile who admitted to molesting 100 boys over 25 years, how can the safety of children in Western Australia be guaranteed, considering there are 859 offenders on the Australian National Child Offender Register in Western Australia and only 27 dedicated police officers in the ANCOR unit when, at the same time, there are approximately 26 sworn police officers working in human resources and 47 sworn police officers working in corporate programs and development? Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: The member’s question relates to a matter on which, I am aware, she issued a statement. I was very surprised that she had knowledge of police operations, of which I have no knowledge and which the police are unable to disclose. Ms S.E. Walker : What did it say? I had no idea. I was trying to get the police to do their job. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Maybe the member’s practice is to make up what she puts out in a media statement. It appeared she was making it up. I need to refer to the substance of the question. The public of Western Australia can feel very safe that the police have the necessary legislation and resources to maximise the protection they can provide to the community, especially in respect of convicted sex offenders. The ANCOR register is an innovation. The legislation that has been passed in this Parliament provides that protection. It has given the police the tools to monitor these people and that is what they do. The member for Nedlands is known to have said things in this place that helped to abort a trial and deny justice. In this instance, the member for Nedlands is saying things on which she clearly has no evidence. Unless somebody leaked that information to her illegally, and it would be illegally, there is no way that she can have the evidence of what the police do or do not know under the ANCOR legislation. That is not the way the legislation works. However, the member put out a media statement claiming that she knew what the police did or did not know. That statement cannot be true unless somebody has done something illegal. Members can be absolutely sure that the ANCOR legislation is in place and on all the available evidence it is working well in providing protection for children and other members of the community. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: The member’s question relates to a matter on which, I am aware, she issued a statement. I was very surprised that she had knowledge of police operations, of which I have no knowledge and which the police are unable to disclose. Ms S.E. Walker : What did it say? I had no idea. I was trying to get the police to do their job. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Maybe the member’s practice is to make up what she puts out in a media statement. It appeared she was making it up. I need to refer to the substance of the question. The public of Western Australia can feel very safe that the police have the necessary legislation and resources to maximise the protection they can provide to the community, especially in respect of convicted sex offenders. The ANCOR register is an innovation. The legislation that has been passed in this Parliament provides that protection. It has given the police the tools to monitor these people and that is what they do. The member for Nedlands is known to have said things in this place that helped to abort a trial and deny justice. In this instance, the member for Nedlands is saying things on which she clearly has no evidence. Unless somebody leaked that information to her illegally, and it would be illegally, there is no way that she can have the evidence of what the police do or do not know under the ANCOR legislation. That is not the way the legislation works. However, the member put out a media statement claiming that she knew what the police did or did not know. That statement cannot be true unless somebody has done something illegal. Members can be absolutely sure that the ANCOR legislation is in place and on all the available evidence it is working well in providing protection for children and other members of the community. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
The member’s question relates to a matter on which, I am aware, she issued a statement. I was very surprised that she had knowledge of police operations, of which I have no knowledge and which the police are unable to disclose. Ms S.E. Walker : What did it say? I had no idea. I was trying to get the police to do their job. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Maybe the member’s practice is to make up what she puts out in a media statement. It appeared she was making it up. I need to refer to the substance of the question. The public of Western Australia can feel very safe that the police have the necessary legislation and resources to maximise the protection they can provide to the community, especially in respect of convicted sex offenders. The ANCOR register is an innovation. The legislation that has been passed in this Parliament provides that protection. It has given the police the tools to monitor these people and that is what they do. The member for Nedlands is known to have said things in this place that helped to abort a trial and deny justice. In this instance, the member for Nedlands is saying things on which she clearly has no evidence. Unless somebody leaked that information to her illegally, and it would be illegally, there is no way that she can have the evidence of what the police do or do not know under the ANCOR legislation. That is not the way the legislation works. However, the member put out a media statement claiming that she knew what the police did or did not know. That statement cannot be true unless somebody has done something illegal. Members can be absolutely sure that the ANCOR legislation is in place and on all the available evidence it is working well in providing protection for children and other members of the community. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
Ms S.E. Walker : What did it say? I had no idea. I was trying to get the police to do their job. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Maybe the member’s practice is to make up what she puts out in a media statement. It appeared she was making it up. I need to refer to the substance of the question. The public of Western Australia can feel very safe that the police have the necessary legislation and resources to maximise the protection they can provide to the community, especially in respect of convicted sex offenders. The ANCOR register is an innovation. The legislation that has been passed in this Parliament provides that protection. It has given the police the tools to monitor these people and that is what they do. The member for Nedlands is known to have said things in this place that helped to abort a trial and deny justice. In this instance, the member for Nedlands is saying things on which she clearly has no evidence. Unless somebody leaked that information to her illegally, and it would be illegally, there is no way that she can have the evidence of what the police do or do not know under the ANCOR legislation. That is not the way the legislation works. However, the member put out a media statement claiming that she knew what the police did or did not know. That statement cannot be true unless somebody has done something illegal. Members can be absolutely sure that the ANCOR legislation is in place and on all the available evidence it is working well in providing protection for children and other members of the community. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Maybe the member’s practice is to make up what she puts out in a media statement. It appeared she was making it up. I need to refer to the substance of the question. The public of Western Australia can feel very safe that the police have the necessary legislation and resources to maximise the protection they can provide to the community, especially in respect of convicted sex offenders. The ANCOR register is an innovation. The legislation that has been passed in this Parliament provides that protection. It has given the police the tools to monitor these people and that is what they do. The member for Nedlands is known to have said things in this place that helped to abort a trial and deny justice. In this instance, the member for Nedlands is saying things on which she clearly has no evidence. Unless somebody leaked that information to her illegally, and it would be illegally, there is no way that she can have the evidence of what the police do or do not know under the ANCOR legislation. That is not the way the legislation works. However, the member put out a media statement claiming that she knew what the police did or did not know. That statement cannot be true unless somebody has done something illegal. Members can be absolutely sure that the ANCOR legislation is in place and on all the available evidence it is working well in providing protection for children and other members of the community. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
The member for Nedlands is known to have said things in this place that helped to abort a trial and deny justice. In this instance, the member for Nedlands is saying things on which she clearly has no evidence. Unless somebody leaked that information to her illegally, and it would be illegally, there is no way that she can have the evidence of what the police do or do not know under the ANCOR legislation. That is not the way the legislation works. However, the member put out a media statement claiming that she knew what the police did or did not know. That statement cannot be true unless somebody has done something illegal. Members can be absolutely sure that the ANCOR legislation is in place and on all the available evidence it is working well in providing protection for children and other members of the community. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : He is being driven by someone. Ms S.E. WALKER : Probably by the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure. In light of the recent arrest of a convicted paedophile in a suburb of Perth and the release of a notorious paedophile who admitted to molesting 100 boys over 25 years, how can the safety of children in Western Australia be guaranteed, considering there are 859 offenders on the Australian National Child Offender Register in Western Australia and only 27 dedicated police officers in the ANCOR unit when, at the same time, there are approximately 26 sworn police officers working in human resources and 47 sworn police officers working in corporate programs and development? Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: The member’s question relates to a matter on which, I am aware, she issued a statement. I was very surprised that she had knowledge of police operations, of which I have no knowledge and which the police are unable to disclose. Ms S.E. Walker : What did it say? I had no idea. I was trying to get the police to do their job. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Maybe the member’s practice is to make up what she puts out in a media statement. It appeared she was making it up. I need to refer to the substance of the question. The public of Western Australia can feel very safe that the police have the necessary legislation and resources to maximise the protection they can provide to the community, especially in respect of convicted sex offenders. The ANCOR register is an innovation. The legislation that has been passed in this Parliament provides that protection. It has given the police the tools to monitor these people and that is what they do. The member for Nedlands is known to have said things in this place that helped to abort a trial and deny justice. In this instance, the member for Nedlands is saying things on which she clearly has no evidence. Unless somebody leaked that information to her illegally, and it would be illegally, there is no way that she can have the evidence of what the police do or do not know under the ANCOR legislation. That is not the way the legislation works. However, the member put out a media statement claiming that she knew what the police did or did not know. That statement cannot be true unless somebody has done something illegal. Members can be absolutely sure that the ANCOR legislation is in place and on all the available evidence it is working well in providing protection for children and other members of the community. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
Ms S.E. WALKER : Probably by the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure. In light of the recent arrest of a convicted paedophile in a suburb of Perth and the release of a notorious paedophile who admitted to molesting 100 boys over 25 years, how can the safety of children in Western Australia be guaranteed, considering there are 859 offenders on the Australian National Child Offender Register in Western Australia and only 27 dedicated police officers in the ANCOR unit when, at the same time, there are approximately 26 sworn police officers working in human resources and 47 sworn police officers working in corporate programs and development? Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: The member’s question relates to a matter on which, I am aware, she issued a statement. I was very surprised that she had knowledge of police operations, of which I have no knowledge and which the police are unable to disclose. Ms S.E. Walker : What did it say? I had no idea. I was trying to get the police to do their job. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Maybe the member’s practice is to make up what she puts out in a media statement. It appeared she was making it up. I need to refer to the substance of the question. The public of Western Australia can feel very safe that the police have the necessary legislation and resources to maximise the protection they can provide to the community, especially in respect of convicted sex offenders. The ANCOR register is an innovation. The legislation that has been passed in this Parliament provides that protection. It has given the police the tools to monitor these people and that is what they do. The member for Nedlands is known to have said things in this place that helped to abort a trial and deny justice. In this instance, the member for Nedlands is saying things on which she clearly has no evidence. Unless somebody leaked that information to her illegally, and it would be illegally, there is no way that she can have the evidence of what the police do or do not know under the ANCOR legislation. That is not the way the legislation works. However, the member put out a media statement claiming that she knew what the police did or did not know. That statement cannot be true unless somebody has done something illegal. Members can be absolutely sure that the ANCOR legislation is in place and on all the available evidence it is working well in providing protection for children and other members of the community. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
In light of the recent arrest of a convicted paedophile in a suburb of Perth and the release of a notorious paedophile who admitted to molesting 100 boys over 25 years, how can the safety of children in Western Australia be guaranteed, considering there are 859 offenders on the Australian National Child Offender Register in Western Australia and only 27 dedicated police officers in the ANCOR unit when, at the same time, there are approximately 26 sworn police officers working in human resources and 47 sworn police officers working in corporate programs and development? Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: The member’s question relates to a matter on which, I am aware, she issued a statement. I was very surprised that she had knowledge of police operations, of which I have no knowledge and which the police are unable to disclose. Ms S.E. Walker : What did it say? I had no idea. I was trying to get the police to do their job. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Maybe the member’s practice is to make up what she puts out in a media statement. It appeared she was making it up. I need to refer to the substance of the question. The public of Western Australia can feel very safe that the police have the necessary legislation and resources to maximise the protection they can provide to the community, especially in respect of convicted sex offenders. The ANCOR register is an innovation. The legislation that has been passed in this Parliament provides that protection. It has given the police the tools to monitor these people and that is what they do. The member for Nedlands is known to have said things in this place that helped to abort a trial and deny justice. In this instance, the member for Nedlands is saying things on which she clearly has no evidence. Unless somebody leaked that information to her illegally, and it would be illegally, there is no way that she can have the evidence of what the police do or do not know under the ANCOR legislation. That is not the way the legislation works. However, the member put out a media statement claiming that she knew what the police did or did not know. That statement cannot be true unless somebody has done something illegal. Members can be absolutely sure that the ANCOR legislation is in place and on all the available evidence it is working well in providing protection for children and other members of the community. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: The member’s question relates to a matter on which, I am aware, she issued a statement. I was very surprised that she had knowledge of police operations, of which I have no knowledge and which the police are unable to disclose. Ms S.E. Walker : What did it say? I had no idea. I was trying to get the police to do their job. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Maybe the member’s practice is to make up what she puts out in a media statement. It appeared she was making it up. I need to refer to the substance of the question. The public of Western Australia can feel very safe that the police have the necessary legislation and resources to maximise the protection they can provide to the community, especially in respect of convicted sex offenders. The ANCOR register is an innovation. The legislation that has been passed in this Parliament provides that protection. It has given the police the tools to monitor these people and that is what they do. The member for Nedlands is known to have said things in this place that helped to abort a trial and deny justice. In this instance, the member for Nedlands is saying things on which she clearly has no evidence. Unless somebody leaked that information to her illegally, and it would be illegally, there is no way that she can have the evidence of what the police do or do not know under the ANCOR legislation. That is not the way the legislation works. However, the member put out a media statement claiming that she knew what the police did or did not know. That statement cannot be true unless somebody has done something illegal. Members can be absolutely sure that the ANCOR legislation is in place and on all the available evidence it is working well in providing protection for children and other members of the community. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
The member’s question relates to a matter on which, I am aware, she issued a statement. I was very surprised that she had knowledge of police operations, of which I have no knowledge and which the police are unable to disclose. Ms S.E. Walker : What did it say? I had no idea. I was trying to get the police to do their job. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Maybe the member’s practice is to make up what she puts out in a media statement. It appeared she was making it up. I need to refer to the substance of the question. The public of Western Australia can feel very safe that the police have the necessary legislation and resources to maximise the protection they can provide to the community, especially in respect of convicted sex offenders. The ANCOR register is an innovation. The legislation that has been passed in this Parliament provides that protection. It has given the police the tools to monitor these people and that is what they do. The member for Nedlands is known to have said things in this place that helped to abort a trial and deny justice. In this instance, the member for Nedlands is saying things on which she clearly has no evidence. Unless somebody leaked that information to her illegally, and it would be illegally, there is no way that she can have the evidence of what the police do or do not know under the ANCOR legislation. That is not the way the legislation works. However, the member put out a media statement claiming that she knew what the police did or did not know. That statement cannot be true unless somebody has done something illegal. Members can be absolutely sure that the ANCOR legislation is in place and on all the available evidence it is working well in providing protection for children and other members of the community. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
Ms S.E. Walker : What did it say? I had no idea. I was trying to get the police to do their job. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Maybe the member’s practice is to make up what she puts out in a media statement. It appeared she was making it up. I need to refer to the substance of the question. The public of Western Australia can feel very safe that the police have the necessary legislation and resources to maximise the protection they can provide to the community, especially in respect of convicted sex offenders. The ANCOR register is an innovation. The legislation that has been passed in this Parliament provides that protection. It has given the police the tools to monitor these people and that is what they do. The member for Nedlands is known to have said things in this place that helped to abort a trial and deny justice. In this instance, the member for Nedlands is saying things on which she clearly has no evidence. Unless somebody leaked that information to her illegally, and it would be illegally, there is no way that she can have the evidence of what the police do or do not know under the ANCOR legislation. That is not the way the legislation works. However, the member put out a media statement claiming that she knew what the police did or did not know. That statement cannot be true unless somebody has done something illegal. Members can be absolutely sure that the ANCOR legislation is in place and on all the available evidence it is working well in providing protection for children and other members of the community. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Maybe the member’s practice is to make up what she puts out in a media statement. It appeared she was making it up. I need to refer to the substance of the question. The public of Western Australia can feel very safe that the police have the necessary legislation and resources to maximise the protection they can provide to the community, especially in respect of convicted sex offenders. The ANCOR register is an innovation. The legislation that has been passed in this Parliament provides that protection. It has given the police the tools to monitor these people and that is what they do. The member for Nedlands is known to have said things in this place that helped to abort a trial and deny justice. In this instance, the member for Nedlands is saying things on which she clearly has no evidence. Unless somebody leaked that information to her illegally, and it would be illegally, there is no way that she can have the evidence of what the police do or do not know under the ANCOR legislation. That is not the way the legislation works. However, the member put out a media statement claiming that she knew what the police did or did not know. That statement cannot be true unless somebody has done something illegal. Members can be absolutely sure that the ANCOR legislation is in place and on all the available evidence it is working well in providing protection for children and other members of the community. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
The member for Nedlands is known to have said things in this place that helped to abort a trial and deny justice. In this instance, the member for Nedlands is saying things on which she clearly has no evidence. Unless somebody leaked that information to her illegally, and it would be illegally, there is no way that she can have the evidence of what the police do or do not know under the ANCOR legislation. That is not the way the legislation works. However, the member put out a media statement claiming that she knew what the police did or did not know. That statement cannot be true unless somebody has done something illegal. Members can be absolutely sure that the ANCOR legislation is in place and on all the available evidence it is working well in providing protection for children and other members of the community. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members! The member for Murray! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : As much as the opposition might like to try to stir this up and put fear in the community, it runs the risk - the member for Nedlands has a track record of having already done it - of prejudicing the way the courts work. In doing that, the member is working on behalf of sex offenders to stop the police getting a conviction. That is the danger in the approach taken by the member for Nedlands. The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs D.J. Guise) : There are clearly some members in this place who are hard of hearing. They appear to be sitting on my left. I call the member for Murray and the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. The member for Perth. An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
An opposition member: Is this about your Ferris wheel? Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
Mr J.N. HYDE : Some of us are visionaries; the member is obviously not.
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