BANKSIA HILL DETENTION CENTRE — PREMIER'S
MEETING —PROFESSOR FIONA STANLEY'S COMMENTS
801. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. Is
it normal practice for the Premier's office to hold summits or meetings
without taking formal minutes; and will he table his 21 pages of notes to
resolve the issues that have arisen over the last couple of days?
Mr M.
McGOWAN replied:
I do not know about the Leader of
the Opposition but on a daily basis I would have maybe six separate meetings.
On a daily basis, I would attend one or two functions, quite often have a press
conference and attend numerous other things.
There are not necessarily audio recordings or minutes taken of the meetings I have.
I constantly have meetings; that is the nature of government. The only
person I am aware of who recorded their meetings was Richard Nixon, and we all
know what happened there.
I really do not know what the Leader
of the Opposition is trying to get to. If the central point here is who said
what at the meeting, I advised her before that Professor Stanley said she did
not want a royal commission or further inquiries. She said she knows what needs
to be done. That is what she said. The minister said he wants to employ more Aboriginal people in corrective services,
particularly at Banksia Hill. Obviously, a range of recruitment issues
are going on at the moment. He said that and he also said he wanted to employ
people from the African community. He said that as well. The Leader of the
Opposition would have to ask Professor Stanley why she is saying things
publicly now that are totally contrary to what she said in the meeting.
Visitors — Mary's
Mount Primary School and Princess Jasmine, Princess Zhuri and Charlie Clarke
The
SPEAKER: On behalf of the member for Kalamunda, I would like to
acknowledge and welcome the year 6 leadership team and their principal from
Mary's Mount Primary School, Gooseberry Hill, to Parliament today and
to my gallery.
Also, on behalf of the member for
Murray–Wellington, I would like to welcome to the gallery guests of the
member for Murray–Wellington, who have some interesting names: Princess
Jasmine and Princess Zhuri from Harvey, who have just arrived from the
Philippines.
I would also like to acknowledge,
very importantly, Mr Charlie Clarke.