Page 482 - Week 03 - Tuesday, 13 March 2007
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And again:
There is another issue of concern for me in the coroner’s report. Recommendations 32 to 34 are not backed up by any discussion in the coroner’s report itself.
At page 46 Dr Foskey said:
I also understand that the coroner, like many judges, magistrates and court officials, is frustrated by the administration of the courts remaining within the department of JACS and I agree with many of her concerns about the potential threat to the separation of powers. The Greens have mentioned these matters many times over the years. However, I am not sure that it was appropriate to make recommendations about these matters in a report on the January 2003 fires, although she has certainly elicited a reaction from government by doing so.
Dr Foskey said again at page 46:
Finally, I note that the coroner made disparaging comments about several officers and the Chief Minister at various times throughout her report.
Mr Corbell: Mr Speaker, I raise a point of order. Whilst I appreciate that Mr Stefaniak is seeking to outline his case, he is, in effect, giving a rather long speech.
Mr Stefaniak: I am nearly finished, actually.
Mr Corbell: If there is a range of detailed matters he believes he needs to draw to your attention, Mr Speaker, it may be appropriate to do so in writing—
Mr Stefaniak: I have.
Mr Corbell: Mr Speaker, regardless of whether or not he has done so, I ask whether Mr Stefaniak was told to give a long and detailed speech on—
Mr Stefaniak: I am quoting.
Mr Corbell: the notion of a point of order.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Corbell. Mr Stefaniak is quoting members’ contributions to the debate of 28 February. In the context of the point of order you have raised I am prepared to listen to all of these quotations and decide on a course of action once he has completed them.
Mr Stefaniak: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I will start that sentence again. At page 46 Dr Foskey said:
Finally, I note that the coroner made disparaging comments about several officers and the Chief Minister at various times throughout her report. I wonder about the value of these when they are not substantiated in her findings and recommendations.
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