PERTH CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL — AISHWARYA ASWATH
39. Ms L. METTAM to the Attorney General:
I have a supplementary question. Why
will the Attorney General not remove all uncertainty, directing a coronial
inquest —
Mr J.R. Quigley: Sorry?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER: Order, please!
We will hear the question in silence, please.
Ms L. METTAM: — especially
given that he told the family of Cohen Fink that once the coroner has decided
not to hold an inquest, the Attorney General cannot direct one to be held?
The
SPEAKER: Member, I caution you not
to use argument in a supplementary question, and just ask a brief, to-the-point
question. I will give you that option again, if you would like, to ask a brief,
concise question to the Attorney General as a supplementary.
Ms L. METTAM: Can the
Attorney General confirm that he will still be able to ask or request an
inquest following the advice of the coroner?
Mr J.R.
QUIGLEY replied:
I can always request the coroner to
hold an inquest. Ultimately, the coroner will make her determination on the
evidence before her about whether to conduct one. If there is not one conducted
and any parties are aggrieved by that decision, there are other avenues of
appeal against that decision. But I cannot direct the coroner, at this stage,
to hold that inquest.
The SPEAKER: That concludes
question time.