Mr MALEY - 2002-02-28
Given the allegations that have been raised in this place and the revelations in today’s NT News, have you, your CEO, or the Commissioner ever sought or received written denials from the prison officers involved in transfers that they never received any instruction, advice, argument from your predecessor or his staff that particular Aboriginal prisoners should not be transferred to Alice? And further, and very specifically, that the issue has never been raised by prison officers with you or specifically your new CEO, the CEO of the Justice Department, or the Commissioner?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, there is no end to their cheek in trying to troll through this. I mean, not only have they failed to produce anything in writing from their supposed sources in this case, but now they want me to go back to the public servants who work in our gaol system and troll through there until they get the bit of paper that they are after.
We have to chase it for you now, do we? I thought you had these very deep and loyal relationships with the prison officers. If they have a problem, if they really think that the incident that you continue to pursue in here – which is a fairytale in my view - then why aren’t they giving you, in writing, the assertions that you are making in this House? I am not going to do your dirty work for you. If you think that there is some substance to these allegations, you come and prove it in here with some documents that we can actually trust.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, there is no end to their cheek in trying to troll through this. I mean, not only have they failed to produce anything in writing from their supposed sources in this case, but now they want me to go back to the public servants who work in our gaol system and troll through there until they get the bit of paper that they are after.
We have to chase it for you now, do we? I thought you had these very deep and loyal relationships with the prison officers. If they have a problem, if they really think that the incident that you continue to pursue in here – which is a fairytale in my view - then why aren’t they giving you, in writing, the assertions that you are making in this House? I am not going to do your dirty work for you. If you think that there is some substance to these allegations, you come and prove it in here with some documents that we can actually trust.
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