STANDING COMMITTEE ON
PROCEDURE AND PRIVILEGES — SIXTY-FIRST REPORT
88. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Attorney General:
I refer to paragraph 5 of the
executive summary of the sixty-first report of the Standing Committee on
Procedure and Privileges, which states —
Quite simply, it is the PPC's
view that at the heart of this matter is an entirely inexplicable sudden
cessation of good faith negotiations between the PPC and the Commissioner of
the CCC. This coincided with the bald usurpation of the powers and privileges of
the Legislative Council through the calculated intervention of the Attorney
General and State Solicitor's Office �
Has the Attorney General
compromised the integrity of the Corruption and Crime Commission by intervening
in a Corruption and Crime Commission process?
Mr J.R. Quigley: I'm
sorry; I missed that.
The SPEAKER: Maybe the
member could speak a little slower. It seemed to me to be quite a long
preamble. I do not know whether that can be abbreviated at all. Can you just
make the question clear to the Attorney General?
Mr R.S. LOVE: Paragraph 5 of
the executive summary of the sixty-first report reads —
Quite simply, it is the PPC's
view that at the heart of this matter is an entirely inexplicable sudden
cessation of good faith negotiations between the PPC and the Commissioner of
the CCC. This coincided with the bald usurpation of the powers and privileges
of the Legislative Council through the calculated intervention of the Attorney
General and State Solicitor's Office �
Has the Attorney General compromised
the integrity of the CCC by intervening in this process?
The SPEAKER: I know that the
Attorney General will be cognisant of anything that might be sub judice. Could
he keep that in mind.
Mr J.R.
QUIGLEY replied:
I will keep it in mind and I will
keep it brief. No, I have not.