Page 2401 - Week 06 - Thursday, 23 June 2011
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whole reason behind the review was to examine what was working, what was not working, what needed to be improved.
It was not a witch-hunt. It was not about going out and trying to identify failure and then blaming people for that failure. That is not the purpose. The review is to have a look at how things are going and, where there is opportunity to improve things, to improve them.
For example, I think the report indicated that the food served at the prison needed to be improved or looked at from a nutritional point of view. Those sorts of things need to be responded to and will be responded to.
The work on making sure people are cared for appropriately in a correctional setting is an ongoing piece of work. It will never be finished. It will require ongoing, hard, persistent work from the government and from the staff that work within that setting. I think there is a lot to be proud of but there is a lot more work to be done.
MR HANSON: A supplementary, Mr Speaker?
MR SPEAKER: Yes, Mr Hanson.
MR HANSON: Chief Minister, if you are going to be open about the government’s problems at the AMC, why did your government reject an inquiry into the sacking of the former superintendent, Mr Doug Buchanan?
Mr Corbell: On a point of order, I ask for your consideration, Mr Speaker, whether Mr Hanson is reflecting on a vote of the Assembly in relation to that matter.
Mrs Dunne: On the point of order, Mr Speaker, Mr Hanson is clearly not reflecting on the vote; he is asking for the government’s motivation in the position that it took.
MR SPEAKER: There is no point of order. I do not think Mr Hanson has commented on the—what is the word I am after?
Mr Hanson: Vote?
MR SPEAKER: Yes, the actual vote. He is not putting a judgment on it; he is simply asking for the government’s position, and I think that is a fair enough question in the context.
MS GALLAGHER: The government I lead will always make sure that matters, where appropriate, are investigated through the appropriate channel. I do not believe that the Assembly holding an investigation into a human resources matter is appropriate. We know Mr Hanson’s deep and abiding interest in all things salacious, or things he would like to turn into being salacious, but we do not believe that the Assembly is the appropriate place for discussion of those types of matters.
We, as parliamentarians, have established laws and processes and ways of handling these matters, and they are there to be accessed and used by anyone who chooses to
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