Page 575 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 9 March 2011
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video
with another member. I uphold Mr Corbell’s point of order. Please sit down or continue your speech.
Mr Stanhope: He has not withdrawn, Mr Speaker.
MR HANSON: I will withdraw, Mr Assistant Speaker.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Thank you very much, and thank you very much, members.
MR HANSON: So in September I said:
Simon Corbell says that he is doing everything that he can to prevent drugs from entering the jail and that he is trying to prevent the prisoners from using drugs.
I said at that time:
It is difficult to believe that this is actually the case. It is difficult to believe anything that Simon Corbell says, to be honest.
I think that has proved to be true. The speech that was provided to Mr Stanhope by the minister’s department then led to Mr Stanhope making a number of statements. He said that we test all prisoners on admission, and that was not true. Mr Corbell gave an answer to a JACS question on notice, and that was not true. Mr Stanhope went as far as saying:
I am satisfied—in fact, I have no doubt—that the AMC has appropriate security measures in place to limit the introduction of contraband.
Referring to the original speech—I was provided with that yesterday by Mr Corbell—the words, “I have no doubt”, were actually an ad lib from Mr Stanhope, so I am not sure how he was able to say that. On the advice provided by Mr Corbell’s department, Mr Stanhope said that the RFID was working with the jail in the operation—
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Mr Hargreaves): Stop the clock please, Clerk. Mr Hanson, the motion is about the censure of Mr Corbell; it is not about the Chief Minister. I would ask you to come to the question please.
Mr Smyth: On a point of order, Mr Assistant Speaker, I do note that paragraph 1(a) of the motion says that the Chief Minister and the Attorney General have both allegedly misled the Assembly. Mr Hanson is able to talk to that part, surely?
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: I agree with you, Mr Smyth. Mr Hanson.
MR HANSON: Thank you. Mr Stanhope then went on to say that all these things were working, and he had a long list that came out from the speech. The point I am making, and it is in my motion, is whether we have been misled about any other factors. We have got to the bottom of the drug testing, but what else was not working? Mr Stanhope in his speech said that the RFID was one of the measures in place and operational at the AMC. Well, was it? Is it? We do not know.
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video