WAYNE VALENTA — RESOCIALISATION PROGRAM
911. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Attorney General:
I refer to the recent
recommendation made to the Attorney General by the Prisoners Review Board to
release Wayne Valenta into a resocialisation program, notwithstanding his
violent murder of Deborah Boyd after hiding under her 15-year-old daughter's
bed for three hours.
(1) On what date
did the Attorney General receive this recommendation?
(2) Has the
Attorney General received a petition that was started by Ms Boyd's
daughter, Melissa Whitten, urging the Attorney General to reject this
recommendation?
(3) Has the
Attorney General made a decision in relation to this recommendation?
(4) If yes to
(3), what is the Attorney General's decision and when was it made?
(5) If no to (3),
what period does the Attorney General ordinarily require to consider recommendations
from the board?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
On behalf of the parliamentary
secretary representing the Attorney General, I thank the member for the
question. The following information has been provided by the Attorney General.
(1) The Prisoners
Review Board never made a recommendation to release Mr Valenta, but rather for
him to participate in a resocialisation program run by Corrective Services.
This recommendation was received on 18 October 2021.
(2) The Attorney
General is aware of the secondary victim's opposition to this
recommendation.
(3)–(5) Matters
related to recommendations made by the Prisoners Review Board are treated on a case-by-case
basis. This matter is still under consideration.